Re: BST: If you could go back in time

Willow (c718984@showme.missouri.edu)
Mon, 17 Nov 1997 12:00:50 -0600 

> >if you could go ANYWHERE in past history, where would you go and why?
>

a L O N G time ago, just after the Celts (if you pronounce it "selts", I'll hunt
you down and kill you.  It's pronounced "Kelts")  actually left Northern Europe
(trying to get away from the Saxons, I believe), and sailed to Erin (now known as
Ireland).  Once they got there, they apparently ran into the Tuatha De Dannan
(say: "Too-wath-a  Day  Dan-ann"), a mythical fairy peoples, whom they proceeded
to slaughter in the good warlike Celtic tradition.  (The Tuaths supposedly
weren't all that frendly, either.)    I want to go back and be a young Celtic
redhead, about a year after the Celts claimed Erin for their own.  I want to go
back and expore Ireland, to go places that no human being ever has. To be the
first to run barefoot through a field of heather, or taste the clear, unpoluted
crystal streams.
    Oh, did I mention that for the most part, the Celts, when peaceful, were a
Matriarchly based society?  Women had just as much freedom as men, and sometimes
more, because it was thier bodies that gave birth.  This was respected, not
considered a "weakness".   When allowed to be peaceful, the Celts knew how to
have fun..  As a young woman, I would play around with the pretty Celtic men (and
women, too!), but I would expand my knowledge of herblore, eventually becomming
either a village wise-woman, or mabe a Druid Priestess.

lots of fun.. if you want to learn more about this sort of stuff, read anything
by Morgan Llewelan, she writes Celtic historical fiction, and is an excellent
writer.

---becky

> >notes: this is in the past, not future. i'm looking for historical
> >settings like ancient greece, 1917 Moscow, Beruit 1984.  i'm not after
> >"last week, just before the calc test."
> >
> >i am not asking you to be a historical figure.  this is just you, as you
> >are (with clothing and style modifications), inserted in the past.
> >
> >if the why is to change something, be as detailed as you can.  if it's to
> >observe, what do you want to observe.
> >
> >the end results, should there be any, will be posted on a special segment
> >of my webpage.  if you  would not like this done tell me and i shall
> >repsect that wish.

i dont really see why, but you can if you want

>

> >thank you in advance for your replies.  i hope we can al have fun with
> >this, if not learn something ofourselves and each other.
> >