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Thread #139458   Message #3201769
Posted By: GUEST,Suibhne Astray
04-Aug-11 - 02:06 PM
Thread Name: Obit: John Barleycorn
Subject: RE: Obit: John Barleycorn
No allergy as such - just these days I'm apt to smile politely & curb my enthusiasms when eager New Agers insist on telling me what these carvings mean. They like to tell - they hate to be told! We were at Kilpeck back in June and didn't see a living soul, as is invariably the case at Kilpeck. Also back in June I was lying on my back in the amblutory of Tewkesbury Abbey taking photos of the various Green Men bosses having left my tripod at home. I met a couple of New Age Goth Steamfolk types who didn't realise there were any Green Men in there (!) - fascinated by my recumbence they asked me what I was taking pictures of & were amazed when I pointed above their heads. I took my usual delight in giving them a spontaneous GM tour (as I've done in Manchester, Worcester and Chester Cathedrals before) but refused to be drawn on what they meant for fear of the usual dogma and reprisals.