Suth Moot Four
Jan. 30th, 2012 12:42 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
catsidheA question: what the hell should I teach?
I'm down to do Heraldic Consultation, and I've suggested that I could do an Introduction to the Irish and Old English Annals (ie., what they are, when they're from, what sources were used, when our existing transcriptions are from, what we can learn from them, difficulties in extracting useful data from them, ...), and Write your own name in an appropriate hand, ie., beginner's calligraphy to bring people up to the level of literacy most of them could have expected in period.
Mim suggests Beginners Knotwork again... but I don't know how much interest there is, and most of what I would be doing is pointing to Aidan Meehan's books, and saying "do what he says."
I could teach Latin, or Old English, or Middle English, or Irish, or an overview of European linguistics, but ... how many people would show, and what would I need to assume of existing knowledge, and how far could I meaningfully get in even a two hour session anyway?
Gah. Suggestions?
I'm down to do Heraldic Consultation, and I've suggested that I could do an Introduction to the Irish and Old English Annals (ie., what they are, when they're from, what sources were used, when our existing transcriptions are from, what we can learn from them, difficulties in extracting useful data from them, ...), and Write your own name in an appropriate hand, ie., beginner's calligraphy to bring people up to the level of literacy most of them could have expected in period.
Mim suggests Beginners Knotwork again... but I don't know how much interest there is, and most of what I would be doing is pointing to Aidan Meehan's books, and saying "do what he says."
I could teach Latin, or Old English, or Middle English, or Irish, or an overview of European linguistics, but ... how many people would show, and what would I need to assume of existing knowledge, and how far could I meaningfully get in even a two hour session anyway?
Gah. Suggestions?
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Date: 2012-01-30 02:37 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2012-01-30 03:05 am (UTC)Step two: don't get pre-eclampsia.
Step three: don't get placenta previa.
Step four: do your best not to have a breech or athwart presentation.
Step five: do your best not to have twins, triplets, or more.
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Step n: don't forget to deliver the placenta. All of it.
Step n+1: don't get an infection.
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Step n+m: if you do all of this, you may survive. Congratulations. The advanced class will be in period birth control and abortifacients. Don't let the priest find out.
(no subject)
Date: 2012-01-30 06:45 am (UTC)(Which AFAIK is one of two situations where medieval medical texts discussed the disease, the other was surgery and amputations. Nothing about stepping on rusty nails. Sorry, pet peeve.)
(no subject)
Date: 2012-01-30 11:32 am (UTC)(Off to a mundane hospital for any complications, of course.)