“Ooh, what’s that smell… The sweet blood, ooh, it sings to me!”

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Vote yes for the women who’s babies are dying or already dead inside them. Vote yes for the women who’s babies are killing them by still being alive. Vote yes for the women or girl who is carrying her rapists child. Vote yes for the women who have no option.

Vote yes for the women who have already been affected by this amendment. Vote yes for the women who have suffered because of this amendment. Vote yes for the grieving husbands, children and families of the women who have died because of it.

Vote yes for all the women who have already travelled on boats and planes to the uk and other countries. Vote yes for the young student who can barely afford to keep a roof over her head never mind fend for a child.

Vote yes for the 9 women who sit on a plane or a boat everyday to travel for an abortion, and the 3 who take abortion pills at home illegally everyday. Vote yes for the women who try to induce miscarriage because they can’t afford to travel or buy pills and are so desperate

Vote yes for the suicidal teenage girl. Vote yes for the women who have been silenced and made to feel ashamed for their actions for years. Vote yes for those who need it.

and folklore and podcasts, do have a listen to  Blúiríní Béaloidis / Folklore Fragments on soundcloud (also available for free on ITunes). It’s a podcast made by the National Folklore Collection in University College Dublin, who just recently earned their place on the UNESCO list!!! The podcasts touch on Irish folklore, customs and mythology, and the last one is about Christmas customs!! 

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The town of Nördlingen, Germany, was built inside an old crater from a meteor that once crashed into the countryside. Residents have incorporated parts of the meteor into their town, including the church - which is encrusted with meteorites and microscopic diamonds. Source Source 2 Source 3

2.  which lends poignancy and power to the attempt by the choctaw nation to send food to starving irish people. 

3.  there was much fanfair about this in the british press at the time, because of course the british government was lying to its own people about what they were doing.  it’s convenient to blame natural disasters like “famine” when in fact it is mass murder– kinda like what’s going on in yemen right now.  but to conclude, what didn’t receive a lot of fanfair in the british press is the fact that much of the corn and other food the choctaw nation attempted to send did not go to starving irish people, it was essentially hijacked and went to feed british pigs and livestock.

ALSO!!

“It is not in Ireland that you learnt this cruelty.”… “Though if you remain and dare continue to countenance the system of slavery that is supported there, we will recognize you as Irishmen no longer.” 

-An 11 page letter O’Connell wrote denouncing the Irish in america that were against the abolition of Slavery.