tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795284845836270713.post1572545100605243642..comments2024-03-27T11:23:43.902+00:00Comments on Beaker Folk of Husborne Crawley: A Voice in the Wilderness WodeWosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18381754587879658356noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795284845836270713.post-77000012257038877342013-06-24T20:06:31.457+01:002013-06-24T20:06:31.457+01:00I'm replying to myself... It wasn't Quinn ...I'm replying to myself... It wasn't Quinn the penguin! but Quinn the Eskimo...... or as we now say Quinn the Innuit (innit)john-of-haylinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06666868557634613383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795284845836270713.post-14630477322301439982013-06-24T14:58:04.055+01:002013-06-24T14:58:04.055+01:00I liked the bit about the remnants of Manfred Mann...I liked the bit about the remnants of Manfred Mann.. presumably doing things like 54321 and that penguin song instead of the real blues that they started with.....john-of-haylinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06666868557634613383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795284845836270713.post-59812059818789890362013-06-24T12:44:51.074+01:002013-06-24T12:44:51.074+01:00And lots of places named after him in a continent ...And lots of places named after him in a continent he never knew because the early Europeans tended to arrive around the day named in his honour, and remembered him. So many places, and so much inspiration for sermons that small children - well, one, anyway - are for a time confused at any mention of any other St. John, because of course they've heard so much about the great Baptist, or Baptiser as they're calling him now, that they think he must be the only one.<br /><br />Not bad for someone who ended his career in prison and then murdered. But as you say, his greater reward wasn't being remembered and honoured so long after his death.Cherylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17343576593315811633noreply@blogger.com