[the_old_crowd] OT: Intros, Owls, Babies, Files/Photos/etc.

[Catherine Coleman]

--- Kelley <kelleythompson at ...> wrote:

> Talisman on owl lore:
> > However, modern-day Scottish Muggles continue to consider it bad
> > luck to see an owl in daylight. 
> 
> Lucky I'm not in Scotland; some time back I had the opportunity to 
> see an off-white owl soar (quite low, maybe 30 - 40 feet up) through 
> my front yard in the late afternoon.  Don't recall any worse-than-
> usual luck following...though maybe the effects have worn off as my 
> luck's taken an upturn recently.

That's good to hear, Kelley!  ;-)

All I can say is that I hope the bad luck thing doesn't extend south of Hadrian's Wall.  We have
barn owls in some farm buildings next door to us (we're trying to figure out with the owners how
best to rehouse them so don't completely relocate when the barn conversion starts later in the
year), and we frequently see them before dusk (although we hear them more - I think there might be
screech owls there as well, which we haven't actually seen them).  I'm not quite sure why they are
supposed to be bad luck, although I could understand why they might be considered harbingers of
death.   They do have a certain silent, ethereal, ghostly quality and it's surely no coincidence
that it is their cry children emulate when pretending to be ghosts and ghouls.   I did just read
that some cultures see them as guides to the Underworld, but this snippet interested me more:

"Any man who eats roasted owl will be obedient and a slave to his wife."
 
Not that I'm having problems in that department, but one never knows when it could come in handy.

> 
> Catherine:
> > > Under "Other things we might want to know about you" can you 
> > > think of anything else we might *really* want to know?
> 
> David:
> > Ah, a very Dumbledorean question.  I feel Sirius has the best 
> > riposte: "Come on, Catherine, you can do better than that!"
> 
> Ah, playful banter between old friends -- how I love it!  (This 
> should not be seen as a veiled request to be brought into the teasing 
> myself, though.) :-D

Oh why not?  And in answer to David, yes, I could probably do better, but I haven't quite decided
how far to go.  Although I can think of someone who might be able to help me with that...

> Welcome out to both David and Eloise!

Yes - welcome back, Eloise.  It's nice to see you back on LJ as well.

> 
> Y'all know, we have a big, empty Photo (and Files and Polls, etc.) 
> section here... (Hint, hint to everyone!)

Yes, and I see that Sheryll managed to locate her family portrait photograph.  Sheryll, I'm
intrigued as to who everyone is in that photo.  Are Andy and Nyssa on it?  I was thinking Nyssa
must be the girl on the far left, but I'm not sure.

Loved seeing that Alan Rickman picture again, btw.

Catherine



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