tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1568334561722760329.post6492415135022522902..comments2024-03-04T04:08:39.755-08:00Comments on The Fies Files: The Royal RavenmasterBrian Fieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16347700145666751363noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1568334561722760329.post-20706728283856085342010-06-24T18:37:15.714-07:002010-06-24T18:37:15.714-07:00... witnessed AND eaten ...... witnessed AND eaten ...Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16807727819590358834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1568334561722760329.post-2403135816101981942010-06-24T11:34:06.091-07:002010-06-24T11:34:06.091-07:00Too bad more history isn't told the way Ray te...Too bad more history isn't told the way Ray tells it!<br /><br />I think a raven would be a great narrator for a comic (or animation) about the history of the tower- one who'd been living there for centuries, telling us all the things he's witnessed.Namowal (Jennifer Bourne)https://www.blogger.com/profile/00384500508934864421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1568334561722760329.post-27975383219110773942010-06-24T09:23:04.213-07:002010-06-24T09:23:04.213-07:00I was surprised more people in the crowd didn'...I was surprised more people in the crowd didn't know the Fifth of November. I'm a USAan, and I know it. Maybe they were just shy.<br /><br />The wing clipping did seem a bit like cheating to me (an Ireland analogy didn't occur to me, though). But the birds seemed happy and well cared for, and with a kingdom at stake I couldn't blame them.Brian Fieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16347700145666751363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1568334561722760329.post-80575328529424608172010-06-24T04:19:43.997-07:002010-06-24T04:19:43.997-07:00I remember being 15 and visiting the Tower and, as...I remember being 15 and visiting the Tower and, as a good Irish-American lad, thinking, "well, if you have to clip their wings ..."Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16807727819590358834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1568334561722760329.post-8418511573998418662010-06-23T16:08:52.996-07:002010-06-23T16:08:52.996-07:00Highly entertaining! In Newfoundland, the 5th of N...Highly entertaining! In Newfoundland, the 5th of November is still known as Guy Fawkes night or, more commonly, Bonfire Night. People build huge bonfires on beaches, piles of wood seven or eight feet high sometimes, and light them in commemoration of the Parliament Plot. They burn into the very wee hours of the morning. <br /><br />"Remember, remember, the Fifth of November".ronniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14044863062652781155noreply@blogger.com