Once I was a clever boy learning the arts of Oxford... is a quotation from the verses written by Bishop Richard Fleming (c.1385-1431) for his tomb in Lincoln Cathedral. Fleming, the founder of Lincoln College in Oxford, is the subject of my research for a D. Phil., and, like me, a son of the West Riding. I have remarked in the past that I have a deeply meaningful on-going relationship with a dead fifteenth century bishop... it was Fleming who, in effect, enabled me to come to Oxford and to learn its arts, and for that I am immensely grateful.


Monday 18 April 2022

More about Easter Bunnies


Following on from my recent post Not your average Easter Bunny I came upon another, this time about the folklore of Easter bunnies, or, more likely, hares. It is by a folklorist and comes from The Conversation via a reprint in The Smithsonian Magazine and can be read at The Ancient Origins of the Easter Bunny

There is another short article from 2016 from The Conversation about the same subject which can be seen at The very strange history of the Easter Bunny


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