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I was watching this video [1] and saw a nice Victorian house. Is there really one located in Mill Valley?142.255.103.121 (talk) 06:58, 23 March 2013 (UTC)
Quite a while ago, while browsing at the library, I've come across a sheet-music "broadside" of a really old British song (by "really old" I mean from about the time of the Hundred Year War), which AFAIR was called "The Legend of Normandy"; the song was about a mythical castle in Normandy garrisoned by the ghosts of its French defenders, but the only line I remember is the one that repeats as the very last line of each verse, "He will ring the bell" (referring to the sentry on the battlements). Also, after carefully reading the notes, I concluded that its melody probably sounds either like this (minus verses 2 and 4), or (less likely) like that. However, I was unable to find any recordings of this song, and I couldn't find the old broadside ever again despite all my efforts. Anyone else heard of this song? 24.23.196.85 (talk) 19:44, 23 March 2013 (UTC)
Is it true what I've heard, that this hit song for Clannad was actually one of Beethoven's earliest works? Or is it just an urban legend? 24.23.196.85 (talk) 19:57, 23 March 2013 (UTC)
A while back (6 months?) on an NPR program called It's Only A Game, I heard a piece about a game that's played in some neighborhood of some Eastern US city. It's really only popular in that area and they have sort of a yearly block party dedicated to playing a tournament of the game. I'd like to remember what the name of the game is but I can't and I can't think of what city it's played in. I want to say either Baltimore, Maryland or either Pittsburgh or Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The name of the game is something a bit silly sounding like Piddly or Purdy or something along those lines. I remember the sound of it have a double-T or double-D in the middle followed by a long E as in the examples in the last sentence. And it's played, from what I remember, a bit like bocce. Except in this game you have a wooden stick that is whittled down to just a few inches long and the goal is for it to land on, or as close as possible, a line drawn on the pavement some number of feet down the street.
Thanks for any help, Dismas|(talk) 23:36, 23 March 2013 (UTC)