[Artemisia] Quote Question

[Freydis the Good]

YAH!  What she said!

And wow you are quick on the responses by the way!  :-)

Smiles!
Freydis

On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 3:05 PM, Dori Andrepont <dori.andrepont at gmail.com>wrote:

> "Corn" meant "grain". (See the "Corn Laws".)
>
> "In this usage and throughout this article, "corn" has the original meaning
> of any grain, particularly wheat <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheat>. In
> Britain, unlike in North America<
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_America>,
> the term "corn" retains its historical meaning of "grain" (the kernel), and
> implies the primary grain crop of a country, which in Britain was wheat or
> oats, rather than maize <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maize> (In the
> Americas <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americas> "corn" means "maize"
> because maize is the primary grain grown in the Americas.
> Rice<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rice>is the corn of
> China <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China> and
> India<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India>
> .)."
>
> Doria
>
> On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 2:00 PM, Padruig <rayzentz at aim.com> wrote:
>
> >
> > I am a bit confused, and desire some clarification. I received this quote
> > in an earlier e-mail, and am wondering if it is indeed an accurate quote.
> I
> > thought corn was a "New World" crop, and not seen in Europe until at
> least
> > the 15th century, when explorers brought some back. Yet in the following
> > passage, cited as being from the 9th century, it speaks of the slender
> blade
> > of green corn.  So which is it? Anybody know?
> >
> >
> > There are three slender things that best support the world:
> >
> > the slender stream of milk from the cows teat into the pail,
> >
> > the slender blade of green corn upon the ground,
> >
> > and the slender thread across the hand of a skilled woman.
> >
> >                       - The Triads of Ireland (9th century)
> >
> > Padruig
> >
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