#Fisherfolk

[asoiafreadthru]

A Game of Thrones, Tyrion III

“I tell you, my lord, the darkness is coming.

“There are wild things in the woods, direwolves and mammoths and snow bears the size of aurochs, and I have seen darker shapes in my dreams.”

“In your dreams,” Tyrion echoed, thinking how badly he needed another strong drink.

Mormont was deaf to the edge in his voice.

“The fisherfolk near Eastwatch have glimpsed white walkers on the shore.”

This time Tyrion could not hold his tongue. “The fisherfolk of Lannisport often glimpse merlings.”

“Denys Mallister writes that the mountain people are moving south, slipping past the Shadow Tower in numbers greater than ever before.

“They are running, my lord…but running from what?”

[firstoccupier]

Gentleman's Agreement in the West Philippine Sea: What You Need to Know

WPS.news Special Report Dateline: Baybay City, PhilippinesDate: December 6, 2024 By: WPS.news Staff Writer In a recent revelation, it has emerged that former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte allegedly established a “gentleman’s agreement” with the Chinese government aimed at managing the ongoing tensions in the West Philippine Sea. This informal arrangement sought to avert potential…

[grnpnsth-blog]

[hargo-news]

Sawaludin Expresses Gratitude in Campaign Among Fisherfolk Majority

#Election2024 #GratitudeCampaign Sawaludin Expresses Gratitude in Campaign Among Fisherfolk Majority

Hargo.co.id, GORONTALO – PPP candidate for Indonesian Parliament from Gorontalo constituency, Sawaludin, performed a prostration of gratitude during a campaign in Tenda Village, Hulondhalangi Subdistrict, Gorontalo City, Wednesday (27/12/2023). Sawaludin’s action was prompted by his encounter with many constituents at the fishermen’s association. Besides being a businessman, Sawaludin is…

[beenasarwar]

Why arrest fisherfolk who cross an invisible maritime boundary, then hold them for years across the border?

After yet another Indian fisherman died in custody in Pakistan, I asked my friend Jatin Desai in Mumbai to write for Sapan News syndicated features about the issue. We ended up doing it together, calling on the authorities to take action. Pls share widely

Last month, another Indian fisherman incarcerated in Pakistan died while waiting to be repatriated. A young man in his thirties. Why he was held in the first place makes no sense to me, and to a lot of other people. India and Pakistan routinely detain each others fisherfolk. In doing so, they defy international law, deny the incarcerated men consular access in violation of their own laws, hold…

[robespapier]

It's always "Robespierre never saw the sea" and never "Robespierre never saw mountains", and while I do see the point of saying this as a general commentary on how little of France he actually saw/travelled to, I think it mostly says a lot about how we now see the seaside as the ultimate holiday destination and think of "never having seen the sea" as a very sad thought...

I think my point is, would Robespierre himself care that he never went to the seaside?

[hussyknee]

Today in discovering I'm a flaming ignoramus: TIL Asterisk and his people (the comic characters) were not Vikings and those are not Viking helmets. Which I should have clocked earlier because he's Asterisk the Gaul. I had the image of them being Vikings so firmly in my head since I was a child that the adolescent knowledge of where tf Gaul is simply did not connect until today. And then I had an actual crisis like, wait are the French descended from Vikings?? and had to google.

If I had actually read the books or watched the cartoons I would have seen them fighting Vikings but I was a Tintin girl and Asterisk was too visually chaotic after Herge's clean lines and clear details. My sister is laughing at me because she says the cartoon said they were the last remaining Celtic village even in the Sinhalese dub.

Sedimented knowledge is an amazing thing. Whatever you believe in your earliest years just sinks to the very bed of your brain and lies there, undisturbed by intellect or new knowledge, right up until you happen to think it out loud and have an immediate record scratch moment. This is why I deeply believed until my 20s that pineapples grew underground (and I have seen pineapple groves over their fences!) and that pythons could spontaneously regenerate if cleaved in two unless you throw the two halves in opposite directions (this is such a deeply held folk belief that my former father in law actually argued about it with me).

[nevesmose]

Fisherfolk Cottage

Until the growth of trawling in the late 1800s, fishing was generally a family business. Fisher families were highly religious but also very superstitious. The stone hanging on the wall is a 'witch stone'. These were hung in houses and were believed to prevent drowning.

[bassultra]

she tackle on my box till i bait

[subby-sab]

Today is 31st of May.

Today is World Parrot Day, National Smile Day, National Fisherfolk Day, National Macaron Day.

[smellofwater]

Jonny Hannah - Shipbuilders and Fisherfolk

[asoiafreadthru]

A Game of Thrones, Catelyn IV

High overhead, the far-eyes sang out from the rigging. Captain Moreo came scrambling across the deck, giving orders, and all around them the Storm Dancer burst into frenetic activity as King’s Landing slid into view atop its three high hills.

Three hundred years ago, Catelyn knew, those heights had been covered with forest, and only a handful of fisherfolk had lived on the north shore of the Blackwater Rush where that deep, swift river flowed into the sea.

Then Aegon the Conqueror had sailed from Dragonstone.

It was here that his army had put ashore, and there on the highest hill that he built his first crude redoubt of wood and earth.

Now the city covered the shore as far as Catelyn could see; manses and arbors and granaries, brick storehouses and timbered inns and merchant’s stalls, taverns and graveyards and brothels, all piled one on another. She could hear the clamor of the fish market even at this distance.

Between the buildings were broad roads lined with trees, wandering crookback streets, and alleys so narrow that two men could not walk abreast.

[firstoccupier]

BREAKING: Tensions Rise in West Philippine Sea as Chinese Activity Continues

BAYBAY CITY, PHILIPPINES (WPS.News) – November 12, 2024, 10:00 PM PST – The West Philippine Sea remains a region of concern as reports indicate continued activity by Chinese vessels. Chinese Presence: Just last month, the Philippine Navy documented the presence of 29 Chinese vessels, including both Coast Guard and Navy ships, patrolling the contested waters. This follows a pattern of increased…

[paperback-rascal]

What if Crosshair has aversion to raw seafood (especially fish) after being stranded on Kamino for 32 rotations? Let's face it - raw fish were most likely his main source of sustenance after rations run out (if he even had any).

There will be most likely a journey ahead of him, as people of Pabu seem to be predominantly fisherfolks. He could have a hard time going to the lower levels of Pabu or at least avoiding going out at certain times of the day when fishermen unload their catch.

Also as calming as fishing together might seem to Wrecker, first few times were extremely taxing for the sniper.

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[badwriterrr]

‘Aegon has been shaped for rule before he could walk. He has been trained in arms, as befits a knight to be, but that was not the end of his education. He reads and writes, he speaks several tongues, he has studied history and law and poetry. A septa has instructed him in the mysteries of the Faith since he was old enough to understand them. He has lived with fisherfolk, worked with his hands, swum in rivers and mended nets and learned to wash his own clothes at need. He can fish and cook and bind up a wound, he knows what it is like to be hungry, to be hunted, to be afraid. Tommen has been taught that kingship is his right. Aegon knows kingship is his duty, that a king must put his people first, and live and rule for them.’

[ilreleonewikiart]

Westeros regions fashion studies: The Riverlands

"The riverlands, historically the Kingdom of Rivers and Hills, are a central region of the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros, consisting of the rich, fertile, and populous areas around the three forks of the Trident and the northern Blackwater Rush. At the time of Aegon's Conquest the riverlands and the Iron Islands were ruled by House Hoare, the Kings of the Isles and the Rivers,although native river kings ruled centuries earlier. Because of their central position in Westeros and lack of natural boundaries, the riverlands have been a frequent battleground. The people of the riverlands are known as "rivermen" or occasionally "riverlanders",and they are a mixture of hardy warriors, peaceful fisherfolk, and devout smallfolk. Their lords have a reputation for being notoriously quarrelsome,and are referred to as "river lords". Noble bastards born in the riverlands are given the surname Rivers. The riverlands are ruled from Riverrun by House Tully, the Lords Paramount of the Trident. Notable houses of the region have included Blackwood, Mallister and Strong"