Faire withdrawl

[Lady Renee Buchanan]

I wrote something like this on another thread, but think it fits in here as well.

Starting this winter, there's a group of 5 of us who get together once a month for a Renaissance Dinner.  Four of us live in the same town, & 1 comes for the weekend.  We dress up in garb, set the table up fancy, use our mugs/goblets, eat semi-Renaissance food (bangers & mash, chicken stew in a breadbowl, etc.), and play faire CDs.  Depending on how much we have to do elsewhere, we've put up banners, used brocade tablecloths as backdrops, and even set up a throne once for a friend.







This is with some of the original group & some other friends who came for the weekend, who also enjoy faire.

[bittersweetheart]

I would be terrified of the health conditions myself. So, if I had a choice, I would, maybe, go back in time for a day or so...And I agree, I would miss many of the modern day technologies. Maybe a Renaissance vacation spot, I could dig that.

I miss the warm sunny breeze and the nostalgic feel amongst the faire grounds. College campus is now were I spend most of my days, or running around with the four year old, or attempting coffee/study dates with my love...

As a little girl, age 5 or 6, my dad starting taking me to faire. We also had Rennie friends who were merchants at faire. As a pre-teen and teen, I stopped going. :/ Lack of money. Then, money got in the way throughout my twenties as well, and having no one to go with hindered my desire to go.

So, now I have Eric The Ugly, my bestfriend and lover to go with. I am totally stoked for this season. GARF opens April 16th, and each day seems to pass slower and slower and slower. Counting down the day till then.

[Nighthawk]

Well, in less than 2 weeks, my festival season starts up again in earnest. I'm looking forward to it! Honestly, I work at most of the festivals, and Ren Fest is the one I get to go to and just enjoy myself, so I don't really suffer withdrawal. I do start to miss it after a while, though.

[Rowan MacD]

     Our Faire season starts up around May day and ends around Halloween.  We still need one within driving distance in July.....

[Gremlich]

Hell no!

Some prominent diseases in the 1500s were Malaria, Tuberculosis, (Known as Consumption) Smallpox, Parroticitis, Gangrene, Yellow Fever, and many others, though most diseases were simply diagnosed as Consumption. Scurvy was also common among sailors.

Malaria was quite possibly the most deadly disease of the 1500s and 1600s. It was transferred by Mosquito bite, and was very common in tropical areas. The cure was quanine, but was largely unavailable due to it's exclusive growth in South America.

Tuberculosis, or Consumption, was one of the most common diseases in the 16th and 17th centuries, though this is primarily attributed to the fact that nearly all diseases were labelled "consumption," because of the limited medical knowledge of the time.

[Nighthawk]

Hell no!

Some prominent diseases in the 1500s were Malaria, Tuberculosis, (Known as Consumption) Smallpox, Parroticitis, Gangrene, Yellow Fever, and many others, though most diseases were simply diagnosed as Consumption. Scurvy was also common among sailors.

Malaria was quite possibly the most deadly disease of the 1500s and 1600s. It was transferred by Mosquito bite, and was very common in tropical areas. The cure was quanine, but was largely unavailable due to it's exclusive growth in South America.

Tuberculosis, or Consumption, was one of the most common diseases in the 16th and 17th centuries, though this is primarily attributed to the fact that nearly all diseases were labelled "consumption," because of the limited medical knowledge of the time.

6 posts, and you're already ruining our romantic delusions... 

[Gauwyn of Bracknell]

I would take the risk

[Once Debauched]

Get married at 12, pregnant at 13 and die in childbirth at 14?

Um....no, thank you!
I'm with Athena on this one!

I'm with ya on this, Sista!

Women did not have the same opportunities as men.  I'm fairly certain my life would have sucked.  lol

It'd be a nice place to visit, but I'd not wanna live there!



EDIT:  It just occurred to me, I would have died in childbirth were I living 500 years ago. Ouch!