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 (DIR) Post #ASRkdCdlxzYmFn8Xtw by fitheach@mstdn.io
       2023-02-07T20:01:02Z
       
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       Bury St Edmunds?I hope they at least waited until he died.
       
 (DIR) Post #ASRrugiE73Tm7cVM6i by jppelt@fosstodon.org
       2023-02-07T20:49:18Z
       
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       @fitheach great town with an even better park.  Enjoyed many a weekend there with a good bacon bap and cafe Nero
       
 (DIR) Post #ASRvJeQm23QS9Ew6rY by coth@social.creatureofthehill.com
       2023-02-07T20:49:04.817Z
       
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       @fitheach@mstdn.io He wasn't. They killed him and then he came back to life apparently. 😆---https://www.visit-burystedmunds.co.uk/blog/discover-the-myths-legends-of-bury-st-edmundsThe story of St Edmund, who ruled East Anglia from AD 855 to 869, tells of the brave King Edmund who was killed by Danish invaders on 20 November 869 after refusing to denounce his Christianity.A wolf is a central figure of his story. The story goes that after being tied to a tree and shot full of arrows he was then beheaded. When his body was found, the head was missing, thought to have been thrown into briars in the forest.However, supporters of the King heard a wolf call to them and upon tracking it down, found it guarding the king's head. When the head was reunited with Edmund's body, the head and body miraculously fused back together. Thought to be a sign of his sainthood, many miracles were then attributed to Edmund and his shrine in Bury St Edmunds became a place of pilgrimage.
       
 (DIR) Post #ASRvJfXXuMR9aX723c by fitheach@mstdn.io
       2023-02-07T22:00:51Z
       
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       @coth The origins of "the king is dead, long live the king" perhaps?Alternatively, you could say he lost his Ed.I'll get my coat.
       
 (DIR) Post #ASRxoundQJJTnffHv6 by edavies@functional.cafe
       2023-02-07T21:54:48Z
       
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       @fitheach I knew it was related to the burial of an English King called Edmund who was religious but didn't know exactly the connection. Still, it turns out that the “bury” bit of the name isn't anything to do with his burial. But, yeah, they waiting until he had been killed (by the Vikings).