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| | | (...) You're in good company, in with that Yellow Castle. It's like fleeing an Imperial Star Destroyer, it is. Now some word-book-fun. Some neighbors moved away last week and left behind a heap of books in the junkroom. A curious mixture: History of (...) (25 years ago, 1-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | Re: Blood Stone Castle parsed! —Shiri Dori
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| | | | | (...) Well, that's very comforting. :-) <snip> (...) Sounds like a great book for inspiration! <snip> (...) That's a great description. Can I coax you to scan some of these? Will bribery do the trick? :-) (...) Such a dumb town! ;-) (...) I have to (...) (25 years ago, 1-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | Re: Blood Stone Castle parsed! —Chris Gray
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| | | | | (...) Barnes and Noble had this a couple years back, and may still do. My copy says "1993 Barnes and Noble Books". I was hoping for more detailed pictures and plans, but there is certainly a lot of historical stuff in it. (25 years ago, 1-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | Re: Blood Stone Castle parsed! —Jason Maxwell
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| | | | (...) down (...) in (...) While I can't answer what the name means, I can tell you that Caerlaverock Castle was the seat of the Maxwell clan. It's walls never fell to siege (I don't think) and it was considered one of the strongest castles in (...) (24 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | Re: Blood Stone Castle parsed! —Jeff Johnston
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| | | | (...) I think 'Caer' was a Gaelic word for castle. I can't find any proof for that beyond the great number of castles named Caer <something>, though. (In addition, two of my favorite series of children's books had 'Caer' castles in them. The (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | Re: Blood Stone Castle parsed! —Jeff Stembel
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| | | | (...) I believe it can also mean "town", or "village", as well. Perhaps it means "settlement"? I've been meaning to look it up one of these days. :D (...) The Prydain Chronicles are one of my favorites, too! I need to purchase copies of that (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | Re: Blood Stone Castle parsed! —John Radtke
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| | | | (...) I was guessing Gaelic too but it appears to be Welsh. (...) Found in at (URL) It's framed so you need to run the search yourself but it comes up as "wall;castle;town." Everyone seems to have the right idea. (...) copies (...) The Science (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | Re: Blood Stone Castle parsed! —Jeff Johnston
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| | | | (...) Er...mostly. The main series had five books (_The Book of Three_, _The Black Cauldron_, _The Castle of Llyr_, _Taran Wanderer_, _The High King_.) However, there are other books & short stories set in Prydain. The only one I remember offhand (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | Re: Blood Stone Castle parsed! —Jeff Stembel
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| | | | (...) There are at least two more: _The Foundling and Other Tales of Prydain_, and the book about Fflewder Fflam. I *still* haven't figured out the name of that one yet... :\ Jeff (24 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | Re: Blood Stone Castle parsed! —Jeff Johnston
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| | | | (...) A search on Amazon reveals: The Truthful Harp. Long out of print, unfortunately. (URL) (24 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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