Tag: tradition
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THE TRADITION OF THE RIDERLESS HORSE
The formality and haunting beauty of a funeral where a riderless horse, with the backwards facing boots in the stirrups, is being led along as part of the procession is always a striking image. I am often intrigued about the sources of these many traditions and find this one, in particular, very touching if not…
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SCREAM LIKE A BANSHEE
So today is St. Patrick’s Day and under normal circumstances I’d be celebrating Ireland’s patron saint by raising a pint or two at my local pub. But alas, the Covid-19 protocol has made that celebratory tradition impossible. So as an alternative I think I’ll sit here and write a little instead. I can’t help but…