And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
I understood that the hulls were wrapped in leather (historically) to help hold the boat together. These designs in the video, which reflect the norse building tradition, are 'later designs' that came into use sometime around 600 AD. I may be wrong.
Since they're Irish, naturally there is a party wherever they make landfall!
I lived in Ireland for quite some time. This video evokes quite a few fond memories. Although Dublin wasn't where I rested my head I wore out a few pairs of shoes plodding through the city back in the day.
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ReplyDeleteI did, too! What strange looking oars!
ReplyDeleteI understood that the hulls were wrapped in leather (historically) to help hold the boat together. These designs in the video, which reflect the norse building tradition, are 'later designs' that came into use sometime around 600 AD. I may be wrong.
ReplyDeleteSince they're Irish, naturally there is a party wherever they make landfall!
I lived in Ireland for quite some time. This video evokes quite a few fond memories. Although Dublin wasn't where I rested my head I wore out a few pairs of shoes plodding through the city back in the day.
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