Life in the Rocking Rectory for Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Dunbrody famine ship

Today's wall-to-wall rain is reminiscent of last week in Ireland. We had one day of non-stop torrential rain, so found our way to visit the Dunbrody, a replica of one of the so-called "famine ships" that took Irish emigrants to America. In the nineteenth century, the potato harvest failed in Ireland... Sign in to see full entry.

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A bird's eye view of day-to-day life an a rural Anglican rectory. Meet the villagers. Hear the gossip. Share in the complaints.Be the fly on the wall. Glossary................................................... Benefice - a group of churches, ususally in rural areas, working together. .... Churchwarden - person with main responsibility for running of church. .... ... ... PCC - Parochial Church Council - ruling body of elected members working with the Churchwarden to ensure the upkeep of the building and decide on the worship........... Mardle - a Norfolk word for chat or conversation.

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