Skipping the May pole at May fair today

You vil hold ze hammer and you vill be happy!

The English ornithologist John Wolley spent 4 years (1853–1857) in Ylimuonio, Finland, amassing a large collection of eggs. For some reason, he carved a runic text in a mixture of Swedish and English on a stone in Muonionvaara. The inscription reads:

“Vi ar i lant of Oskar friat of Viktoria of Inklant. This holi saita vit holt sint morak stil har lat Jon Volli of Matlok rit runs aftir Savastovols fal”

[ We are in Oskar's land, freed by Victoria of England. This holy site with all its quiet land around (surroundings) has taught John Wolley of Matlock to carve runes after the fall of Sevastopol. ]

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The woman from Borum Eshøj, Jutland, Denmark, lived during the Bronze Age (1700 - 1100 BC). She was between 50 and 60 years old when she died. The skeletal remains suggest that she was relatively short and stocky, and traces of muscles on her bones reveal that she did hard physical work.

Her clothes are well preserved and consist of various items made from wool: a rectangular piece of cloth made of several pieces sewn together, a blouse, a hairnet, a cap, and two belts. Her wealth is reflected in the numerous pieces of bronze jewellery, which include a belt plate, two ornamental bronze plates or “tutuli”, a neck ring, arm rings, spiral finger rings, and a clothes pin. The grave also contained a pottery vessel, a wooden box, a bronze dagger, and a horn comb. Unfortunately, little is known about her hairstyle as her hair fell out during the excavation when her coffin was rummaged through by local farmers. All that remains is a drawing of a lock of hair.

Most commonly used interjections/exclamations in English are explicitly Christian, but some are pagan:
"By Jove!" - by Jupiter
"Eegads!" - Oh gods
"Frigg/Frick!" Disputed but possible invocation of goddess Frigg aka Frika.
"By Jimminy".
Gemini, Twins, Castor & Pollux invoked by sailors in the 19th century.

Also the minced oath Cor blimey! From "god blind me" is actually a pagan Roman tradition of swearing on your or another's eyes - same with "damn your eyes" althogh damnation is a Christian concept, the idea of cursing eyes, eg. saying "may Juno take my eyes" is of proven pagan origin.

My own ancestry according to Living DNA.

17% South East England
16% Devon
12% Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, and Somerset (South Central England)
12% North Yorks
9% Irish
8% Aberdeenshire

See you in Hel > See you in Hell

Barrow is the bard of earth,
Praise songs sung long ago,
By loyal earthworking kinsmen.
Honoured men do not die

This map was made in 1964 yet it is more accurate than many made in the last ten years. It shows the battle axe people (meaning corded ware and yamnaya) as the origin of the Hittites, Achaeans (Mycenaeans ), the Fatyanovo culture and Aryans, and the single grave culture which we now know was the origin of the bell beaker culture

Comapre to 23andme. Their model skews towards cities rather than counties, probably due to urban sampling bias. eg. Somerset ancestry is all labelled as "Bristol".

Interestingly, it says the 2nd most prominent region for me is West Midlands, while Living DNA says I have nothing from that region at all! I have confirmed using the "DNA matches" function on ancestry DNA, that I do indeed have ancestry from West Midlands, so it seems 23andme beat Living DNA on this...except that my last ancestor from there is my 3rd great grandfather which means he should have only contributed about 3% of my ancestry! It could not possibly be the second most prominent part of my ancestry. To be clear, this is not me getting angry that results don't match what I want - I have confirmed the reality with a combination of extensive tree research with DNA analysis and can say with confidence that 23andme made an error.

In conclusion 23andme is just not very good at subregional British ancestry compared to Living DNA

Our ancestors carved in stone, messages that have been left for thousands of years, for us to be able to read to this day. Today we are essentially a culture of nonsensical "tags" done with spray paint that will fade within a year or two. With the exception of a few remarkable architectural achievements, most things we produce today will be gone and forgotten probably within a generation or two.

What are you doing today that will leave a mark? Something that you descendants will be able to see and take part of? Something that speaks to them about the actions you took and your accomplishments?

Today we are told we can't even leave a "carbon footprint," I say leave the biggest footprint you possibly can. Make a mark on this world. Something that you will be remembered for. When you do, you will live forever. Be bold. Take risks.

Odin, friend of altars

It is interesting to note the similarity between the English understanding of Woden and Norse understanding of Óðinn as the creator of shrines, altars, and temples.

In the Ynglinga Saga, it is stated in a euhemerised account that Óðinn is the builder of temples, and in the Anglo-Saxon source Maxims I, Woden is described as a constructor of idols:

Woden worhte weos
"Woden wrought idols"

This is reflected in some toponymic place-names in England such as Woden's Dyke and Grim's Ditch. Grim being an epithet of Woden meaning hooded or covered, with the Old Norse name being Grímr. This can also be connected to another one of Woden's epithets in Old Norse - vinr stalla - Friend of Altars.

Two men on e scooters stole two pure gold bronze age torques from Ely museum in Cambridgeshire. Likely they intend to melt them down and they will be lost forever. We can’t live among such animals

https://www.elystandard.co.uk/news/24304299.ely-museum-bronze-age-artefacts-stolen-break-in-may-7/

JIVE TORC - The torc or torque was a status symbol for Celts, Thracians, Persians and Scythians in the Iron Age. But where does the torc originate? The oldest torcs appear in the late European Bronze Age.

https://youtu.be/svldFjCnYoU?feature=shared