[Artemisia] Scotch

[Mike Bradley]

Morgan Wolf wrote:

> <snip>
>  
> As for period, I've always understood Period to be 600-1650, although 
> I've heard the top end moved back to 1630 in recent years.
>
Well, technically, 'period' is "pre-17th Century", i.e. anything up to 
and including the year 1600.  There is no official early cutoff date, 
though trying to find first run documentation for things pre 600 AD (or 
CE for those of you who insist on that PC BS) is difficult to say the 
least.  The 'gray area' of 1601 - 1650 was instituted by a bunch of 
onery heralds on the basis of 'if we have a 35 year old man named Foo de 
Bar in 1628, that is documentation that the name Foo was used prior to 
1600'.  It was assumed that a lot of things that happened prior to 1600, 
but not published until after probably hadn't changed much.  However, if 
you find something that has its first happening post 1600, it is (by 
definition) not period.  Even if that first time it happened was January 
1st, 1601.

Conchobhar
(not Welsh, but can speak it on occassion ... well, at least modern Welsh)

> Morgan Blaidd Du
> Protege and Ghillie to
> Baron James Ulrich MacKellar and
> Baroness Rachel Ashton
>  
> Fei g'wneir
>
>     ----- Original Message -----
>     From: Jeff Shultz <mailto:jeffreyashultz at yahoo.com>
>     To: Kingdom of Artemisia mailing list
>     <mailto:artemisia at lists.gallowglass.org>
>     Sent: Monday, October 27, 2003 10:19 AM
>     Subject: [Artemisia] Scotch
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>         Is 1609 period? In the kingdom I came from it's not. Is it
>         here? I'm not trying to start a fight. Kingdoms traditions are
>         different and I'm just trying to get a feel for Artemesia.
>         Also, if I could bring some REAL  Absinthe to the Scotch/Irish
>         whiskey tasting party! It is interesting that the active
>         ingredient in Absinthe is thujone or by it's Latin name
>         Artemisia Absinthium.....
>
>         Alexius
>
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