Dressed to the nines! ~ a gallery of finery.

13/08/2013
Dressed to the nines! ~ a gallery of finery.

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Episode Synopsis

Fled Bricrenn is rich in its descriptions of finery. In its feasting halls, heroes and horse harness, detail is embelished with  vivid detail. Our text is, of course largely ninth century CE but the story telling recalls an earlier heroic age of epic deeds.  It is possible to identify memories of a mthologised pre-christian world throughout...

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