"Lorcan's Quaker Preacher clothing, including the cloak, was possibly the most dramatic, especially because of the incongruity of seeing him in it while playing the pipes. " Lovely of thee to say, Rita... a few historical observations... We Friends in America originate in England and Ireland. William Penn was Anglo Irish, as are the Uilleann Pipes ( sorry my Celtic Brothers and Sisters... ) the pipes were (and are) so expensive that in the old days it took an anglo Irish patron to afford them, and so our lot made up a lot of the early pipers (Merrily Kissed the Quaker... a few Irish Tunes named after the Irish Quaker crowd as well!!! ) Well, and all we Quakers are preachers :) ( we have no clergy )
Much love and thanks to all, see you all soon, I hope and do go to Flickr and check out, so far 52 photos of the weekend!
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