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It's actually on backwards in this picture.77

Elizabethan Collars for Dogs

Although, it sounds pretty ridiculous to purchase an Elizabethan collar for your dog, there is an actual reason behind the name, because personally, calling it a cone collar would be just as easy, and well...

2 comments    dogs collar fit dog comfort
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Elizabethan Era Vs. The 21st Century a Humorous point of View

Imagine life without electricity, plumbing, vehicles. computers, ipods , Wii, Xb360, and cell phones , HD Tv's did not exist and the closest movie theater was, you go it the stage. It was the height of the...

30 comments    technology history art
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Doctor Dee and His Mirror of Magick

The greatest magician of all time was undoubtedly the Englishman John Dee. His life and his works are wrapped in shrouds of mystery, surrounded by all sorts of rumours. In November 1582, an angel appeared in...

6 comments    history magic paranormal
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How to Make an Elizabethan Collar For Your Dog

It is a natural response for dogs to lick where they hurt. Indeed, if you find your dog insistently licking a spot chances are high that there is something wrong. There may be a splinter, a small wound, a...

3 comments    home made e-collar
Sir Frank Dicksee (1858-1928)76

Famous First Lines: Romeo and Juliet

Ask any freshman in college what her favorite Shakespeare play is and she will say Romeo and Juliet, because it will be the one she is most familiar with (though she may not necessarily have read it all the...

28 comments    drama play theatre
Wrote 154 sonnets (no wonder they named the form after him)72

Stucture of a Sonnet

The Sonnet is one of the most popular and well-known poetic forms. Dating as far back as the middle Ages, it has undergone several permutations of structure and use, evolving into the several variations of...

0 comments    poetry literature poem
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Going to the Outer Banks: Visit Manteo Booksellers

The first stop I make when I go to the Outer Banks is a little place tucked away on a side street in downtown Manteo, Sir Walter Raleigh Street. Looking for all the world like a sixteenth century English...

4 comments    books north carolina outer banks
19th century depiction of the death of Amy Robsart79

Mystery People of History – Amy Robsart

The mystery of the death of Amy Robsart has fascinated us for generations. Was she murdered to further her husband Robert Dudley's ambitions to marry Queen Elizabeth I? Did she commit suicide of was her death simply a tragic accident?

6 comments    queen elizabeth tower of london
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Choose Your Garden - The Literary Herb Garden

There are times when I think modern man and woman might not be as smart as people from the past. When you think about it, the Bible and the works of Chaucer and Shakespeare are rich in references to herbs....

14 comments    garden herbs gardens
Album "Barroom Ballads" from my own collection69

The Folksingers-part 5-Ed McCurdy

 When first I came to Louisville Some pleasure there to find A damsel there from Lexington Was pleasing to my mind Her rosy cheeks, her ruby lips, Like arrows pierced my breast And the name she bore was...

2 comments    songs gospel folk
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