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L O W L A N D S - L - 02 February 2009 - Volume 04<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><br>
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From: <span class="ep8xu"><span style="color: rgb(121, 6, 25);">Roger Thijs, Euro-Support,
Inc.</span></span></span><span class="hccdpe"> </span><span class="ldacoc"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="FR"><<a href="mailto:roger.thijs@euro-support.be">roger.thijs@euro-support.be</a>></span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="FR"><br>

Subject: <span class="hccdpe">LL-L "Traditions" 2009.02.02 (04) [E]</span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">> From: <span style="color: rgb(0, 104, 28);">Ben J. Bloomgren</span> <<a href="mailto:ben.j.bloomgren@gmail.com" target="_blank">ben.j.bloomgren@gmail.com</a>><br>

> Subject: [LLL] traditions/customs </span></p>

<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">> Hallo Alle Sammen,</span></p>

<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">> Being that, according
to the way I'm reading the Persian solar calendar, it'll be midwinter sometime
this week. Do people up in the original Lowlands
do anything for midwinter?</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">When I was
a kid there was much to do at <strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">Lichtmis</span></strong>
day (procession, pancakes etc.)</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">cf. <a href="http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Lichtmis" target="_blank">http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Lichtmis</a></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">It is
apparently almost coincident with the Celtic/Gallic? <strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">Imbolc</span></strong></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imbolc" target="_blank">http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imbolc</a></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">Regards,</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">Roger</span></p>

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