Leg Tattoos to go with a Kilt - Part Two

[Eujeankilt]

Oh that is weird.

I'm from the North of England - we had Vikings - thoroughly Viked were we.

I'm from the old Kingdom of Elmet, to be precise.

Reading through the first messages I thought - Viking - image of a black bird, a cawbie.

Black birds flying from the East were considered an ill omen for a long time - the Vikings used to paint them on the sails of their longships, and come out of the East to do their BPR thing.

So I skip to the last message and - a tattoo of a cawbie.

Interesting! My family name, DuVall, traces it's origins to Normandy and the Normans were Vikings. Coincidence, eh?

Dale

[James]

Might not Pleater be thinking of Odin's Ravens-Hugn and Munin!

James

[Caradoc]

Interesting! My family name, DuVall, traces it's origins to Normandy and the Normans were Vikings. Coincidence, eh?

Dale

Technically speaking, the Normans were Norsemen.

"Viking" is an activity, or an occupation. (See Here)

...there were no such people as "the Vikings"; a man might go in viking (to calque a little Old Norse) one year, and the next year return to the same location as a peaceful trader. The implication, then, is that "viking" is the name of an activity, even if not literally derived qua gerund from a verb.

[Martin S]

Do you continue shaving your legs once you have had the tattoo done?
Or does the tattoo stop the hairs from growing?

Martin

[Pour1Malt]

HEY!

ai didnae start a new threid... ai was reviving an auld yin....

whit? is a' the auld posts an history of nay importance?

where arr the auld posts?


:rolleyes:

[Pour1Malt]

nevermin'...

FreenlanderSporranooooo sorted ma oot!

[Mike1]

P1M, you have to watch Freelander, he's always sorting us out, as well.

Martin, the hair will continue to grow, just as before. In some instances, it may 'soften' the look of a tattoo from an oblique angle, but there's no need to continue to shave the area.

To provide an answer about how P1M's revived thread became a new one, we waved our magic wands. Actually, there are some of the older, archived posts that didn't survive the import process from the old forum software in real great shape. A lot of duplicated posts, so while we have no problem with reviving older discussions, we're just trying to tuck the knackered threads back where they were, so the current discussions aren't carrying all the duplicated baggage.

[Pour1Malt]

Do you continue shaving your legs once you have had the tattoo done?
Or does the tattoo stop the hairs from growing?

Martin

aye! it grows bock!

ai ken a fella thot got a tattoo o his weans faces oan his leg...

a year later they a' looked like werewolf-weans!!! HA!

[mudd]

...there were no such people as "the Vikings"; a man might go in viking (to calque a little Old Norse) one year, and the next year return to the same location as a peaceful trader. The implication, then, is that "viking" is the name of an activity, even if not literally derived qua gerund from a verb.

So, when the Normans invaded in 1066, they were viking(s).

[Pleater]

So, when the Normans invaded in 1066, they were viking(s).

It could be argued 'no', that they didn't turn up to steal England as their boss thought it was his by right - viking - which I think means something like sea warrior as a noun does have conotations - as a verb - of turning up uninvited to ransack a few nunneries, monasteries (they were not particular) or villages, do a spot of BPR, and then back to the ships and away before the heavy mob from the nearest castle turned up.

'From the fury of the Norse men, Good Lord deliver us' was part of the Church of England service.

I have - from somewhere the image of a dragon boat, sailing out of the mist and onto a beach with its square sail set and showing the design of a great black bird, wings outstretched. Maybe it is a folk memory or just a scene from a film or TV.