An Amazing World
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We're lucky enough to live on a planet with so much to offer, admire and preserve.

Todays issues and plights can often deter our minds from just how wonderful our planet really is.

Welcome, to an amazing world. 🌎
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Ornament (Kapkap), 19th or early 20th century
P. Gaillard, Cornemuse, mid-17th century
Cathedral of Guadalajara (betw. 1880-1897)
Flying lizard from Southeast Asia.
A GILT ETUI - A needle case is a small, often decorative, holder for sewing needles. sometimes called by the French name étui and are typically one of the tools attached to a chatelaine(i had a tweet on chatelaine recently) @vikare06
Forwarded from Countrymen
Forwarded from Merry England
'Sherwood' by Alfred Noyes.

This poem captures the mystery and magic of Merry England. It was something of an inspiration for starting this channel.

Think of England!
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1st July Feast of St Oliver Plunkett (1625 - 1681) Archbishop of Armagh & primate of All Ireland

Having been hung, drawn and quartered, his head was eventually recovered from the fire and Dom Maurus Corker had it smuggled to the Benedictine Monastery in Lamspringe, Germany. It then passed on to Cardinal Philip Howard OP at Rome, a friend of St. Oliver, who had helped the Archbishop of Armagh to return to Ireland safely after his ordination as Archbishop. From him, it passed to Oliver’s successor, Archbishop of Armagh Hugh McMahon, who returned the head to its rightful place in Ireland. McMahon brought the head to the Dominican Nuns at Siena, the prioress at the time being Sister Catherin Plunkett, St. Oliver’s grand niece.

The sisters kept the head in good condition for a further 200 years at this point, before it arrived St. Peter’s Parish Church in Drogheda.

St. Oliver Plunkett Ora Pro Nobis.

https://www.catholicarena.com/latest/2021/7/1/the-story-of-how-st-olivers-head-ended-up-in-drogheda