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...rules of the game were laid down long ago by Mair, the hantan hero-god who lives in the blue sky (which is solid, and rests on the circular rim of the earth like a blue derby). Mair used to make all human beings in a pot, but one day a silly woman walked past one of the pots and peeked into it-ruining a half-made baby. Mair was so angry that he picked up the fetus and threw it in the woman's belly. "That'll teach you to be inquisitive," he said...
...PAULINE MAIR...
When I mount the creepie-chair,* Wha will sit beside me there? Gie me Rob, I'll seek nae mair, The rantin dog, the daddie...
...Chromographs of "Mair Araxi" (Mother Araxi, named after the Arax River, which cuts across the historic kingdom of Armenia) began appearing after the first major Turkish massacres in 1894. The picture shows a woman (usually weeping) seated atop classic ruins named after Armenia's lost provinces. The broken crown at her feet symbolizes the shattered kingdom. In the background rises Mount Ararat, where Noah's Ark came to rest...
...Swithin's Day, if thou dost rain, For forty days it will remain: St. Swithin's Day, if thou be fair, For forty days 'twill rain nae mair. Last week, 1,083 years after St. Swithin's death,* the ancient verse was quoted again. On many Americans rain had fallen on St. Swithin's Day (July 15) and most of the time since...