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Naalbinding

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=== About Naalbinding ===

Naalbinding (Nalbinding, nadelbindung, "woven with a needle", stitched, knotless knitting,...) is a technique that produuces materials that look somewhat like they've been knitted, but have actually been created by a different technique. Naalbinding produces a fairly tight fabric, and unlike [[knitting]] doesn't ladder when you drop a stitch. (A to distinguish it from knitting which older books frequently mislabel it as). It shapes easily, and is an ideal candidate for [[sock]]s, [[mitten]]s, and the like. It's slow to work.

The naalbinding technique predates the development of kniting, and has been known from Chinese hats from 1000BC, and in Europe from at least the 1st Century AD. It was used by the Coptic (Egypt) peoples for socks, and the Vikings for socks and mittens. In the middle medieval period it was used to make very fine gloves and hose, and continued in minor use after the 16th Century in items such as milk strainers and rugs, as well as traditional items.

=== What you need ===

For this technique, you'll need a largish, preferably blunt, [[needle]], and whatever yarn you like--preferably [[wool]]. Naalbinding is worked by pulling the entire length of the yarn through every stitch, so you need to work with shorter pieces; about 18 inches (40 cm) is good, although some experts work with lengths of 3m (beginner's don't try this at home). Additional lengths of yarn can be joined by a variety of techniques - splicing is a traditional favourite for many wools, techniques for binding ends together or weave their ends in tend to be used for yarns that refuse to splice. Whatever works.

=== Basic instructions ===

(also see the external links below)
Cut a piece of wool to the desired length (I use two armlengths, though it is a good idea to use less if this is your first attempt) and thread your [[needle]](you may need a needle threader if the wool is quite thick) leaving a substantial tail (about 15-20cm works well for me).

Take the tail and wrap it two to three times clockwise around a finger on your left hand, making wure the end of the wool is tucked into the circle.
Slip it off your finger, and if you don't want a finger-sized hole in your project you can squish or pull the circle smaller.
Take your needle and push it through the loop from top to bottom. Once the [[needle]] is clear of your loop make sure it goes OVER the thread, so you're tying a knot around the loop rather than wrapping wool around it.
Make another stitch in the same way to the right of your first stick, and continue moving clockwise untill you've completed the loop.
Now, simply continue, but rather than going through the main loop, go through the little loops made by your knots.
If you continue in this way you will make a cylinder. If this is not what you want, then you will have to increase the diameter by adding two stitches to every loop as you go around. For smooth and gradual increases do one circle of double stitches followed by one or several single stiches. For decreases you do the opposite, stick two loops together.

There are a lot of variations of stitches and techniques, and for these (and more instructions) take a look at the links below, but in the meantime the basic stitch is enough to make hats and pouches.

== External links ==
=== Basic instructions ===
* [http://www.stringpage.com/naal/naal.html Phiala's String Page--Naalbinding]
* http://www.norsefolk.com/clothing/nalbinding.html
* http://www.dilettante.info/nalbindingmain.htm (Click on the Oslo stitch primer link, which is near the bottom of the page. It is a pdf, but well worth the wait for it to download)
* http://www.nadelbinden.de.vu/ (German site, scroll down and pick the English side)

=== Historical examples ===
* http://www.dueppel.de/nadelbind/nadelbkat.htm

Cunnan:List of common misspellings

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*agressive (aggressive)
*amoung (among)
*assoicated (associated)
*availible (available)
*candlabra (candelabra)
*comunity (community)
*desireable (desirable)
*existance (existence)
*imaginitive (imaginative)
*medeival (Medieval)
*parrafin (paraffin)
*percieved (perceived)
*recepies (recipes)
*recepie (recipe)
*religeous (religious)
*renaisance (Renaissance)
*repurcussions (repercussions)
*seperately (separately)
*seperate (separate)
*stiches (stitches)
*teh (the)
*hte (the)

Cunnan:List of common misspellings

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Canton of Abertridwr

2005-02-16T02:16:00Z

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The '''Canton of Abertridwr''' ([[Welsh]]: ''three rivers'') was a defunct [[SCA]] [[groups|group]], that encompassed the south-western reaches of the city of [[Perth]], [[Western Australia]]. Whilst defunct, the area belonged to the [[Barony of Aneala]].

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''The King-that-was went under the hill at the meeting of three rivers. There they say he waits, sleeping, until the time of his people's greatest need, when he would come again.''

''Awake O King, for that time is now! ''

''I call upon ye now O sleeper to rise, rise, rise! Summonst thou pencampwr and blow the horn of the red dragon! There are lands to conquer a plenty and merry times to be had!''

----

As of the official announcement made at [[court]] by Morwenna, the [[Baroness]] of Aneala, on July 11th, 2004, at the "[[Tourney]] of the [[Dragon]]", the Canton of Abertridwr is alive once more! Huzzah!

You can find its webpage at: http://www.sca.org.au/abertridwr/

[[Category:Cantons (SCA)|Abertridwr]]

Gumbies

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#REDIRECT [[ice hockey gloves]]

Gumbies

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#redirect [[ice hockey gloves]]

They would have used it if they'd had it

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A phrase commonly used to defend the use [[out of period]] items.

Duct tape

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Duct tape, while not being used or even known during [[period]], is a very handy item... and '''[[they would have used it if they'd had it]]!'''

Uses include:
* holding [[armor]] together
* holding [[garb]] together
* holding [[tent]]s together
* holding just about anything together (but don't expect duct tape to help in (most) relationships.)

"Duct tape is like the Force. It has a light side and a dark side, and it holds
the universe together."

Seige weaponry

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== Siege Weaponry ==

Large Weapons, Including [[Catapults]], the [[Seige Weaponry/Trebuchet]], [[Balista]]s, and other large scale weapons.

Commonly used as [[period]] [[artillery]], and against stationary targets, like [[castle]]s and other fortifications. Siege weapons were only occasionally used in an anti-personnel capacity.

Combat

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== Topics ==
=== Weapons ===
*[[Hand held]] - [[Sword]]s, [[mace]]s, [[pole weapon]]s
*[[Bow]]s
*[[Seige Weaponry]]
*[[Light weapons]]
**[[Chakrams]]
**[[Darts]]
**[[Throwing Axe]]s
**[[Rocks]]
**[[Javelin]]

=== Tactics ===
*[[Hand to Hand Combat Tactics]] - [[Heavy fighting]]
*[[Archery]] - [[Light combat]]
*[[Art of defence]] - [[Rapier]]

=== Tournaments ===
*[[Running a Tournament]]
*[[tourneyment style]]s
*[[Tournament Ranking]]

=== Rules and Regulations ===
*[[Authorisation]]
*[[Legal target areas]]
*[[Rules of the List]]
*[[Conventions of Combat]]
*[[Marshals Handbook]]
*[[Minimum armour]]
*[[Assumed armour]]
*Armour [[inspection]]

Combat

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== Topics ==
=== Weapons ===
*[[Hand held]] - [[Sword]]s, [[mace]]s, [[pole weapon]]s
*[[Bow]]s
*[[Siege Weaponry]]
*[[Light weapons]]
**[[Chakrams]]
**[[Darts]]
**[[Throwing Axe]]s
**[[Rocks]]
**[[Javelin]]

=== Tactics ===
*[[Hand to Hand Combat Tactics]] - [[Heavy fighting]]
*[[Archery]] - [[Light combat]]
*[[Art of defence]] - [[Rapier]]

=== Tournaments ===
*[[Running a Tournament]]
*[[tourneyment style]]s
*[[Tournament Ranking]]

=== Rules and Regulations ===
*[[Authorisation]]
*[[Legal target areas]]
*[[Rules of the List]]
*[[Conventions of Combat]]
*[[Marshals Handbook]]
*[[Minimum armour]]
*[[Assumed armour]]
*Armour [[inspection]]

Ice hockey gloves

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Surprisingly enough, gloves for ice hockey. Commonly and regrettably used as (relatively) inexpensive hand protection during SCA [[Combat]]. Also known as gumbies.

Ice hockey gloves

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Surprisingly enough, gloves for ice hockey. Commonly used as (relatively) inexpensive hand protection during [[fighting]]. Also known as gumbies.

Ice hockey gloves

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Surprisingly enough, gloves for ice hockey. Commonly used as (relatively) inexpensive hand protection. Also known as gumbies.

Witch trial

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It's a fair cop...

Op-shops

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#REDIRECT [[Op-shop]]

Glass grenades

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The colloquial term for over-pressurised bottles.

Feastocrat

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It's the '''Feastocrat''''s job to [[organise]] [[food]] for the [[event]]. They will usually arrange for a group of people, a [[feast]]ing team, to be involved in the preparations and [[cooking]] both before the [[feast]] and on the day, and delegate different tasks or dishes to be made to each person, organise [[kitchen]] space, a clean-up crew etc. They are frequently involved in [[redacting]] [[recipes]].

They are responsible for: the estimated food budget, doing the shopping, and obtaining any [[utensil]]s necessary. [[Delegation]] is your friend. Everyone working with food ''must abide with all [[health and safety regulations]]''.

Autocrat

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The Autocrat is the person in charge of organising and running an [[event]]. They arrange a [[feastocrat]] if there is to be [[food]] served, a venue, what activities will run, the time activities will run, advertise the event, take bookings, ensure that everyone involved in the event is doing their job, and that everything on the day runs smoothly.

A Byzantine term that has been turned into a modern SCAism. Event Coordinator. The person in charge of an event. Sometimes called by the more medieval terms "Steward" or "Warden". The suffix "-ocrat" frequently gets tacked onto other types of activity to indicate the person in charge. For example, "[[Feastocrat]]" is the person in charge of a [[Feast]].

Help the autocrat

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There are lots of things you can do to help the autocrat:
* weeks/days before the event
**book early for an event to help planning
**ALWAYS tell the [[autocrat]]/[[feastocrat]] any special [[dietary requirement]]s (or expect to not be able to eat much). Yes this includes [[vegetarian]]s.
**If you can help with a particular job eg cleanup, let the autocrat know in advance that they'll have a helper. (and then don't cancel out for anything other than an [[emergency]]
**Often autocrats/feastocrats can use an extra driver to transport stuff from one place to annother
**Offer to advertise their event to your local group/the group you know you'll be visiting tommorow

*on the day of the event, before it starts
**[[cook]]s always have things needing chopping up, benches to scrub, trailers to unpack
**[[organiser]]s may have [[pavillion]]s to set up, eric ropes to lay outs, etc.

*during the event
**give the autocrat and feastocrat a hug.
**there are always dishes and odd jobs in the kitchen for a non-cook, also jobs serving (bringing food to the tables)
**The kitchen is a great way to meet people at an event, and to learn to cook in a [[medieval]] way
**Obey any instructions by the autocrat in a timely manner without complaints (unless the instruction is really unreasonable - try not to quibble about minor things)
**volunteer - ask what can be done

*at the end of the day (packup)
** halls get swept/mopped
**kitchens have dishes
**bins need emptying
**banners get taken down
**pack up your stuff into a neat pile so it is out of the way of cleaner-uppers
**tables and chairs often get put away
**pavillions taken down

etc

Help the autocrat

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There are lots of things you can do to help the autocrat:
* weeks/days before the event
**book early for an event to help planning
**ALWAYS tell the [[autocrat]]/[[feastocrat]] any special [[dietary requirement]]s (or expect to not be able to eat much). Yes this includes [[vegetarian]]s.
**If you can help with a particular job eg cleanup, let the autocrat know in advance that they'll have a helper. (and then don't cancel out for anything other than an [[emergency]]
**Often autocrats/feastocrats can use an extra driver to transport stuff from one place to annother
**Offer to advertise their event to your local group/the group you know you'll be visiting tommorow

*on the day of the event, before it starts
**[[cook]]s always have things needing chopping up, benches to scrub, trailers to unpack
**[[organiser]]s may have [[pavillion]]s to set up, eric ropes to lay outs, etc.

*during the event
**give the autocrat and feastocrat a hug.
**there are always dishes and odd jobs in the kitchen for a non-cook, also jobs serving (bringing food to the tables)
**The kitchen is a great way to meet people at an event, and to learn to cook in a [[medieval]] way
**Obey any instructions by the autocrat in a timely manner without complaints (unless the instruction is really unreasonable - try not to quibble about minor things)
**vollunteer - ask what can be done

*at the end of the day (packup)
** halls get swept/mopped
**kitchens have dishes
**bins need emptying
**banners get taken down
**pack up your stuff into a neat pile so it is out of the way of cleaner-uppers
**tables and chairs often get put away
**pavillions taken down

etc

Feasting

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Most feasts are fully catered. They provide a great meal, generally presented in 2-3 courses with breaks in between for entertainments including singing dancing, chatting, etc) and to allow food to digest. As it sounds, there is normally a lot of food at a feast, so it's normal to take a small portion of each dish, and go back for more of your favourites after everyone on the table has some. And don't forget to leave some room for the next remove - the first lot of food is normally only a warm up!

One subcategory of feasting is the [[potluck]] feast, where everyone brings a plate of food, and it is presented as a buffet.
Some feasts may also be a fully catered buffet, rather than food brought to the table. This is more likely to be described as a supper. Read the feast flier carefully, and you should be able to tell the difference. If not, feel free to ask the autocrat when you book.

Remember to bring your own [[feasting gear]] to a feast!
Feasts also happen a lot easier if you [[help the autocrat]] out - remember everyone working there is a volunteer, and the main organisers may have been on their feet all day since early morning.

Feasting

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Most feasts, however are fully catered. This provides a great meal, generally presented in 2-3 courses with breaks in between for entertainments including singing dancing, chatting, etc) and to allow food to digest. As it sounds, there is normally a lot of food at a feast, so it's normal to take a small portion of each dish, and go back for more of your favourites after everyone on the table has some. And don't forget to leave some room for the next remove - the first lot of food is normally only a warm up!

One subcategory of feasting is the [[potluck]] feast, where everyone brings a plate of food, and it is presented as a buffet.
Some feasts may also be a fully catered buffet, rather than food brought to the table. This is more likely to be described as a supper. Read the feast flier carefully, and you should be able to tell the differnce. If not, feel free to ask the autocrat when you book.

Remember to bring your own [[feasting gear]] to a feast!
Feasts also happen a lot easier if you [[help the autocrat]] out - remember everyone working there is a volunteer, and the main organisers may have been on their feet all day since early morning.

No Shit, There I Was

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"No Shit, There I Was" is the [[tradition|traditional]] beginning of an [[SCA]] anecdote.

Typically, they involve something epic, dangerous, funny (or all four) that happened to you at an SCA [[event]]. They are All True.

No Shit, There I Was

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No Shit, There I Was

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"No Shit, There I Was" is the [[tradition|traditional]] beginning of an [[SCA]] anecdote.

Typically, they involve something stupid, dangerous, funny (or all three) that happened to you at an SCA event. They are All True.

Tradition

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The [[SCA]] has many '''traditions'''. Some are as simple as reverancing (bowing/curtseying) when you pass in front of the [[throne]]s (whether or not they are occupied), others are a little more complex. In the [[West]], and now [[Lochac]] (as a scion of the West) it is often said that [[Law]]s can be changed, but tradition is immutable. Even so, some traditions drift out of favour, and new ones emerge all the time.

Some things should be thought of as [[fads]] not traditions (even if something lasts a few years it may just be a passing thing).

== [[SCA]] traditions ==
* [[The SCA birthday song]].
* [[Cloved lemon]]s (and other fruit)
* [[No Shit, There I Was]] stories
* and many more this editor can't think of right now

No Shit, There I Was

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"No Shit, There I Was" is the [[tradition|traditional]] beginning of an [[SCA]] anecdote.

No Shit, There I Was

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"No Shit, There I Was" is the traditional beginning of an [[SCA]] anecdote.

No Shit, There I Was

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No Shit, There I Was is the traditional way to start a [[SCA]] story.

No Shit, There I Was

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No Shit, There I Was is the traditional way to start a [[SCA]] story. They generally involve some humourous/dangerous/spectacular incident that happened to you, and are usually told around a campfire.

Camping list

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*Camping Gear
**[[Tent]]
*[[Food]]
**Money for a [[food fund]]
**Cooking equipment
*Fighting gear
**[[Armour]]
*A Good Supply of [[No Shit, There I Was]] stories. (Note- these are sometimes available at the event).

Camping list

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*Camping Gear
**[[Tent]]
*[[Food]]
**Money for a [[food fund]]
**Cooking equipment
*Fighting gear
**[[Armour]]
*A Good Supply of [[No S**t, There I Was]] stories. (Note- these are sometimes available at the event).

Camping list

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Camping list

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*Camping Gear
**[[Tent]]
*[[Food]]
**Money for a [[food fund]]
**Cooking equipment
*Fighting gear
**[[Armour]]
*A Good Supply of [[No Shit, There I Was]] stories.

Camping list

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Tent
[[Food]]
[[Armour]]
A Good Supply of [[No Shit, There I Was]] stories.

Rowany Festival

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The Rowany Festival (sometimes called just "Festival") is [[Australia]]'s largest [[SCA]] [[event]]. Currently, it is held at the [[Crossroads]] [[medieval]] village. Anything that people do in the SCA (well, most things) will be on display in some form or other at Rowany Festival.

Happens every [[Easter]] - Don't miss it for the world.

If religious reasons are inclined to slow down your attendance at an event over Easter, don't forget that a group of christians generally get together in a discrete place to hold a scheduled Easter Sunday mass. And if Pesach falls at the same time of year, I'm sure there will be people cooking in accordance with customs - it's actually easier to avoid leavening agents in period cooking.

For more info, check out the website - http://www.sca.org.au/rowany/festival/festival2003/

Hrmm.. so you're coming along and don't know what to take? Perhaps you need a [[camping list]]?

Out of period

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'''Out Of Period''' (often abbreviated OOP) refers to anything that was not discovered or in general use during the time-frame accepted to be covered by the SCA. By contrast, anything that falls within the accepted time-frame is said to be "in period" or simply [[period]].

Some items that would technically be OOP are considered "in period by consensus" (not sure of the exact phrasing) as life would be way too difficult without them. Some examples include:
* [[duct tape]]
* [[gumbies]]
* [[coffee]] (ie for non-eastern personas)
* [[cigarettes]]

Two pronged fork

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Well, it's a [[fork]] that has only 2 prongs - like a fork for carving a roast, but smaller when possible.

These do turn up regularly in [[op-shops]], sometimes even in sets of 6!, and are quite cheap.

Most people consider any fork with more than two tines to be [[out of period]], but examples with more tines do exist.

Fork

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The earliest evidence of forks I've come across is in [[12th Century]] italy (well ok, Venice, since italy didn't exist yet).
Before this time eating utensils were a spoon and a knife.

However, forks were rather slow to take off. By the [[14th Century]] france had adopted the fork, by england held off adopting these inventions of hte hated foreigners until after the time of henry VIII.

In period times, people mostly used [[two pronged fork]]s. However, three, four, and even five-pronged forks are extant.

Since it's rather difficult (and probably non-period) to eat without using you fingers with only a knife and a spoon, a [[serviette]] (or at a pinch a tea towel) is an extremely useful item, as it prevents getting nasty hard to remove grease stains on your [[garb]] from the roast chicken and making the [[hospitaller]] angry if you borrowed the [[garb]].

Drinking games

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Tradition

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The SCA birthday song

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The SCA birthday song is an old, but happy [[tradition]]. It seems to have fallen out of favour recently (mostly because no-one can remember the words).

To the tune of "Volga Boatmen".

Happy Birthday! (UNGHH!) Happy Birthday! (UNGHH!)

Death and gloom and black despair 
People dying everywhere

Happy Birthday! (UNGHH!) Happy Birthday! (UNGHH!)

Now you are the age you are 
Your demise cannot be far

May the candles on your cake 
burn like cities in your wake

This one lesson you must learn 
FIRST you pillage, THEN you burn

Burn the Castle and storm the keep 
Kill the Women but SAVE THE SHEEP!

Your servants steal, your wife's untrue 
Your children plot to murder you

They stole your gold, your sword, your house 
They stole your sheep, but not your spouse

so you're 29 again 
don't tell lies to your good friend

So another year has passed 
don't look now they're gaining fast!

Black Death has just struck your town 
you yourself feel quite run-down

Fear and gloom and darkness but 
no one found out YOU KNOW WHAT

You're a [[period cook]], its true 
ask the beetles in the stew

You must marry very soon 
baby's due the next full moon

Were I sitting in your shoes 
I'd go out and sing the blues

Tho you're turning 29 
age to you is like fine wine

Now you've lived another year 
age to you is like stale beer

Long ago your hair turned grey 
now it's falling out, they say

It's your birthday never fear 
You'll be dead this time next year

We brought linen, white as cloud 
Now we'll sit and sew your shroud!

Continue ad nauseam.

The SCA birthday song

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To the tune of "Volga Boatmen".

Happy Birthday! (UNGHH!) Happy Birthday! (UNGHH!)

Death and gloom and black despair 
People dying everywhere
Happy Birthday! (UNGHH!) Happy Birthday! (UNGHH!)

Now you are the age you are
Your demise cannot be far

May the candles on your cake
burn like cities in your wake

This one lesson you must learn
FIRST you pillage, THEN you burn

Burn the Castle and storm the keep
Kill the Women but SAVE THE SHEEP!

Your servants steal, your wife's untrue
Your children plot to murder you

They stole your gold, your sword, your house
They stole your sheep, but not your spouse

so you're 29 again
don't tell lies to your good friend

So another year has passed
don't look now they're gaining fast!

Black Death has just struck your town
you yourself feel quite run-down

Fear and gloom and darkness but
no one found out YOU KNOW WHAT

You're a period cook, its true
ask the beetles in the stew

Now your jail-bait days are done
let's go out and have some fun!

You must marry very soon
baby's due the next full moon

Were I sitting in your shoes
I'd go out and sing the blues

Tho you're turning 29
age to you is like fine wine

Now you've lived another year
age to you is like stale beer

Long ago your hair turned grey
now it's falling out, they say

It's your birthday never fear
You'll be dead this time next year

We brought linen, white as cloud
Now we'll sit and sew your shroud!

Continue ad nauseam.

The SCA birthday song

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To the tune of "Volga Boatmen".

Happy Birthday! (UNGHH!) Happy Birthday! (UNGHH!)

Death and gloom and black despair
People dying everywhere
Happy Birthday! (UNGHH!) Happy Birthday! (UNGHH!)

Now you are the age you are
Your demise cannot be far

May the candles on your cake
burn like cities in your wake

This one lesson you must learn
FIRST you pillage, THEN you burn

Burn the Castle and storm the keep
Kill the Women but SAVE THE SHEEP!

Your servants steal, your wife's untrue
Your children plot to murder you

They stole your gold, your sword, your house
They stole your sheep, but not your spouse

so you're 29 again
don't tell lies to your good friend

So another year has passed
don't look now they're gaining fast!

Black Death has just struck your town
you yourself feel quite run-down

Fear and gloom and darkness but
no one found out YOU KNOW WHAT

You're a period cook, its true
ask the beetles in the stew

Now your jail-bait days are done
let's go out and have some fun!

You must marry very soon
baby's due the next full moon

Were I sitting in your shoes
I'd go out and sing the blues

Tho you're turning 29
age to you is like fine wine

Now you've lived another year
age to you is like stale beer

Long ago your hair turned grey
now it's falling out, they say

It's your birthday never fear
You'll be dead this time next year

We brought linen, white as cloud
Now we'll sit and sew your shroud!

Continue ad nauseam.

The SCA birthday song

2003-06-30T15:34:25Z

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To the tune of "Volga Boatmen".

Happy Birthday! (UNGHH!) Happy Birthday! (UNGHH!)

Death and gloom and black despair
People dying everywhere
Happy Birthday! (UNGHH!) Happy Birthday! (UNGHH!)

Now you are the age you are

Your demise cannot be far

May the candles on your cake
burn like cities in your wake

This one lesson you must learn
FIRST you pillage, THEN you burn

Burn the Castle and storm the keep
Kill the Women but SAVE THE SHEEP!

Your servants steal, your wife's untrue
Your children plot to murder you

They stole your gold, your sword, your house
They stole your sheep, but not your spouse

so you're 29 again
don't tell lies to your good friend

So another year has passed
don't look now they're gaining fast!

Black Death has just struck your town
you yourself feel quite run-down

Fear and gloom and darkness but
no one found out YOU KNOW WHAT

You're a period cook, its true
ask the beetles in the stew

Now your jail-bait days are done
let's go out and have some fun!

You must marry very soon
baby's due the next full moon

Were I sitting in your shoes
I'd go out and sing the blues

Tho you're turning 29
age to you is like fine wine

Now you've lived another year
age to you is like stale beer

Long ago your hair turned grey
now it's falling out, they say

It's your birthday never fear
You'll be dead this time next year

We brought linen, white as cloud
Now we'll sit and sew your shroud!

Continue ad nauseam.

The SCA birthday song

2003-06-30T15:33:54Z

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The SCA birthday song

2003-06-30T15:32:42Z

129.78.64.101:

To the tune of "Volga Boatmen".

Happy Birthday! (UNGHH!) Happy Birthday! (UNGHH!)
Death and gloom and black despair
People dying everywhere
Happy Birthday! (UNGHH!) Happy Birthday! (UNGHH!)

Now you are the age you are
Your demise cannot be far

May the candles on your cake
burn like cities in your wake

This one lesson you must learn
FIRST you pillage, THEN you burn

Burn the Castle and storm the keep
Kill the Women but SAVE THE SHEEP!

Your servants steal, your wife's untrue
Your children plot to murder you

They stole your gold, your sword, your house
They stole your sheep, but not your spouse

so you're 29 again
don't tell lies to your good friend

So another year has passed
don't look now they're gaining fast!

Black Death has just struck your town
you yourself feel quite run-down

Fear and gloom and darkness but
no one found out YOU KNOW WHAT

You're a period cook, its true
ask the beetles in the stew

Now your jail-bait days are done
let's go out and have some fun!

You must marry very soon
baby's due the next full moon

Were I sitting in your shoes
I'd go out and sing the blues

Tho you're turning 29
age to you is like fine wine

Now you've lived another year
age to you is like stale beer

Long ago your hair turned grey
now it's falling out, they say

It's your birthday never fear
You'll be dead this time next year

We brought linen, white as cloud
Now we'll sit and sew your shroud!

Continue ad nauseam.

Tradition

2003-06-30T15:29:59Z

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The [[SCA]] has many '''traditions'''. Some are as simple as reverancing (bowing/curtseying) when you pass in front of the [[throne]]s (whether or not they are occupied), others are a little more complex. In the [[West]], and now [[Lochac]] (as a scion of the West) it is often said that [[Law]]s can be changed, but tradition is immutable. Even so, some traditions drift out of favour, and new ones emerge all the time.

Some things should be thought of as [[fads]] not traditions (even if something lasts a few years it may just be a passing thing).

== [[SCA]] traditions ==
* [[The SCA birthday song]].
* [[Cloved lemons]] (and other fruit)
* and many more this editor can't think of right now

Tradition

2003-06-30T15:29:40Z

129.78.64.101:

The [[SCA]] has many '''traditions'''. Some are as simple as reverancing (bowing/curtseying) when you pass in front of the [[throne]]s (whether or not they are occupied), others are a little more complex. In the [[West]], and now [[Lochac]] (as a scion of the West) it is often said that [[Law]]s can be changed, but tradition is immutable. Even so, some traditions drift out of favour, and new ones emerge all the time.

Some things should be thought of as [[fads]] not traditions (even if something lasts a few years it may just be a passing thing).

== [[SCA]] traditions ==
* The SCA birthday song.
* [[Cloved lemons]] (and other fruit)
* and many more this editor can't think of right now