Black Knight Society is having a Potluck where they are encouraging attendees to bring Irish foods from the 1300's. As I will not have access to a Kitchen that day I searched for a dish I could make ahead of time and bring with me with no additional prep. I found a dish from about 300 years later that looked easy enough... Boy was I wrong! It's past midnight when I have work in the morning then I leave for a meeting out of town, stay at a friends house, then go to the potluck

Hey all! I'm in the process of gathering materials to hand over to a volunteer who has accepted the job of making loner garb for volunteers at Two Rivers Medieval Faire and other volunteer activities. Thanks to the generous donations of some of our local hotels we have old sheets that we have been dyed, cut, and painted for use as walls around Faire, we have some that been tea dyed to use as material for clothing, and then we have pillow cases. These pillow cases are the hard

A game that Americans have been playing for less than 100 years is almost 1,000 years old! Chutes and Ladders started out as a game to help children learn about the dangers of sin. The game was originally called Snakes and Ladders with the ladders representing negative feelings that took you further from Nirvana (known as Heaven in the Christian Faiths) while the ladders represented good feelings that took you closer. This game is said to have been invented sometime between

Ireland Food Notes: Milk - Whitemeat or Cottled Milk (like cottage cheese) - Slaves and workers were given the green milk to drink this was the milk left over (whey) after the production of the whitemeats. (Anon. 1673) Eggs - Eggs were cooked by frying them on hot stones with butter or they were boiled or poached in a hot bath of water with salt and fermented fruit juice. (Danaher, K 1972) Fish - Sir William Perry (1672) in his writings noted that fish were caught in abunda

A game for the ages. Who knows when it came about, how long it's been around, or who invented it. This is a great game with many different options for play. We have all learned different ways. If you want to play this game at home, save a one dozen egg carton to make your game. This works best if the lid of the carton is solid. Cut or tear off the top of the carton and cut it in half. Tape the top halves of the carton to the outer edges of the bottom of the carton, skinny sid

At Two Rivers Medieval Faire there are games to play when you need a break from the sun and wandering around. From Mancala to Nine Man Morris and art history in the form of Go Fish or Memory. Here is some basic info about all three!

This is a great family game for all ages. The skills required can be learned early on and the strategy aspect will grow with practice and age. This game is really simple to set up and make at home. A piece of paper with three squares connected with lines along the straight edges (as shown in the picture. Each intersection of 2 or more lines is a location for tokens. Tokens can be created from rocks painted two different colors, from two different colors of buttons, or even cu

Wexford lies on the south side of Wexford Harbour, the estuary of the River Slaney. According to a local legend, the town got its Irish name, Loch Garman, from a young man named Garman Garbh who was drowned on the mudflats at the mouth of the River Slaney by flood waters released by an enchantress. The resulting loch or lough was thus named Loch Garman. The town was founded by the Vikings in about 800 AD. They named it Veisafjqdr, meaning inlet of the mud flats, and the name