child-stories-msg – 7/11/05
Stories of SCA children.
NOTE: See also the files: SCA-stories1-msg, you-know-msg, toys-msg, dolls-msg, children-msg, teenagers-msg, babies-msg, child-gam-msg.
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From: jprod at sagepub.COM (Journals Production Department)
Newsgroups: rec.org.sca
Subject: SCA Kids
Date: 23 Apr 1993 18:59:21 -0400
Organization: Sage Publications, Inc., Newbury Park, CA
When Lady Katherine the White was preparing to move from Tennessee
to Texas, her young one asked, "Mommy, where's Texas?
She said, "Ansteorra, dear."
He knew _exactly_ where that was.
Sister Kate
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From: magesteve at aol.com (Mage Steve)
Newsgroups: rec.org.sca
Subject: You know your Children are in the SCA when...
Date: 21 Mar 1994 17:25:02 -0500
Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364)
...your five year old daughter, who is watching a video of the Gene Kelly
Musical "Brigadoon" (Scottish Wedding scene), looks up and says in a clear
scornful voice, "Bad Pensic Garb!!!!"
(She did it last weekend, and you know something, she was right. It is a awful
movie and has some awful costumes).
Kenwrec FitzRaymund
MKA Steve Sheets
Barony of Ponte Alto, Kingdom of Atlantia
Newsgroups: rec.org.sca
From: Wynn
Subject: Re: You know your Children are in the SCA when...
Date: Wed, 23 Mar 1994 19:39:29 GMT
..when you overhear your three-year old meeting new little friends at the
playground and he asks, "What's your name?" then "What's your SCA name?"
wklosky at nitro.mines.colorado.edu
Newsgroups: rec.org.sca
From: asparrow at nyx.cs.du.edu (Angelia Sparrow)
Subject: Re: You know your Children are in the SCA when...
Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix at U. of Denver Math/CS dept.
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 94 02:01:02 GMT
Your two year old freezes when you say "Hold!"
Among her 40 word vocabulary is "King"
And she's happier in her tunic and surcoat than in a sweatsuit. (At least
she takes off the sweat suit to wear the tunic)
Aethelynde mother of Anastasia d'Eath, Calanais-nuadh, Calontir
From: jacquetta at aol.com (Jacquetta)
Newsgroups: rec.org.sca
Subject: Re: You know your Children are in the SCA when...
Date: 29 Mar 1994 15:10:03 -0500
Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364)
If I can add one:
...when your 4th grader writes an essay in school about a time when she "felt
special" and writes about the time Daddy carried her favor in a tourney and how
great it was when he won his first 2 bouts and how disappointed she was when he
got killed in the semi-finals and then the teacher calls you and wants to know
if your husband has died...
Lady Jacquetta de Mehun, mother of Rhian ferch
Malcom - an excellent writer, if not a discreet one...
From: magesteve at aol.com (Mage Steve)
Newsgroups: rec.org.sca
Subject: You know your Children are in the SCA when...
Date: 22 Apr 1994 16:52:13 -0400
Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364)
... your 3 1/2 year old daughter keeps yelling "Vivat" every time someone
cheers at her Grandfather's & new Step-Grandmother's wedding.
Kenwrec FitzRaymund
From: ercil at astrid.UUCP (Ercil C. Howard-Wroth)
Newsgroups: rec.org.sca
Subject: Re: You know you're in the SCA when...
Date: 25 Apr 94 13:50:38 PST
Organization: Private No
Your daughter will only wear her `real' clothes to school and
her `real clothes' are garb not shorts and a t-shirt.
Astridhr Selr Leifsdottir
E. Howard-Wroth
...uunet!astrid!astridhr Shire of Heatherwyne
astrid!astridhr at uunet.UU.NET Kingdom of Caid
70327.1614 at compuserve.com
From: teachmrt at aol.com (Teach Mr T)
Newsgroups: rec.org.sca
Subject: Re: YKYINTSCA
Date: 19 Nov 1995 21:29:14 -0500
Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364)
Your 8-year-old is at Gramma's writing up "menus" for Thanksgiving Dinner,
and when you look at them you see: "First Remove . . . Second Remove . .
. Third Remove."
On the way home from Gramma's, she announces she has a homework
assignment, finding things that "The Littles," 6-inch tall people could
use in their home. She wants to make a "weapons chest" and use pins as
"their swords"
Can't wait until she gets to high school
Liam O'Donndubhain
Barony Beyond the Mountain
Kingdom of the East
From: Alan G. <102256.3503 at CompuServe.COM>
Newsgroups: rec.org.sca
Subject: Re: YKYINTSCA
Date: 23 Nov 1995 05:22:25 GMT
Organization: CompuServe, Inc. (1-800-689-0736)
Or the school calls you up to discuss why your 6 year old is singing
about death and destruction during recess (BORN ON THE LISTFIELD)
Or they complement your child on their active imagination after your
child tells them that they will be spending the weekend with the
king
Alan G.
From: djheydt at uclink.berkeley.edu (Dorothy J Heydt)
Newsgroups: rec.org.sca
Subject: Re: YKYASCAP
Date: 14 Mar 1996 16:02:26 GMT
Organization: University of California at Berkeley
In article <4i3bo2$mp2 at garcia.efn.org>, Amy Carpenter <amy_c at efn.org> wrote:
>>>You know you're an SCA parent when...
>>They do medieval history in seventh grade and your child knows
>>more about it than the teacher does. --Dorothea of Caer-Myrddin
>
>"No, that was _third_ grade."....
Well, I can't tell from your userid where you are. In California, the
public schools do the Middle Ages in the spring half of the
seventh grade. The spring being now upon us, the phones are
beginning to jangle off the hook with seventh-grade teachers
wanting demos....
Dorothea of Caer-Myrddin Dorothy J. Heydt
Mists/Mists/West UC Berkeley
Argent, a cross forme'e sable djheydt at uclink.berkeley.edu
PRO DEO ET REGE
Newsgroups: rec.org.sca
Subject: Re: YKYASCAP
From: una at bregeuf.stonemarche.org (Honour Horne-Jaruk)
Date: Tue, 19 Mar 96 13:20:17 EST
nzsm at spis.co.nz (SPIS & NZ Science Monthly) writes:
> You know you're an SCA parent when...
>
> ...you suddenly realise the reason you don't understand what your toddler is
> singing is cos he's doing it in Middle English
You get a call from your son's school asking for a translation of
"poplolly", because he just called his favorite teacher that...
-and of "tentergut", because he used that one on the principal
> ...your toddler is asked to name friends of the family and he gives two
> names for everyone (one for "when they are in garb")
...He's asked for "Person to contact in case of emergency" and he
writes "Baroness Arastorm"
> ...your toddler is asked what he wants for a present and he asks for a
> tabard
his therapist asks what the first signs he's growing up would be,
and he says "My mother cuts my skirts off and lets me wear a knife"
>
> Really makes it all seem worthwhile!
>
> katherine kerr of the far-away southern reaches of Caid
...Even if hard to explain... }:->
Alizaunde/Una
(Friend) Honour Horne-Jaruk, R.S.F.
From: croaker at access.digex.net (Francis A. Ney, Jr.)
Newsgroups: rec.org.sca
Subject: Re: YKYASCAP
Date: 20 Mar 1996 13:18:31 -0500
Organization: Express Access Online Communications, Greenbelt, MD USA
In article <Pine.SOL.3.91.960319091325.2908A-100000 at waco.tstc.edu> 1tlm7799 at tstc.edu writes:
> You know you're an SCA parent when...
>
> When your daughter is in kindergarden and gets in trouble in show and
> tell for lying, ie telling everyone that her mother was a Lady in Waiting
> to the Queen. This required my wife to go to the school, in garb, and
> straighten it out. This was a while back. My daughter is now 16.
>
> Uillec Mac Aoidh
Wasn't there a royal some time back whose kid got sent home with a note about
an 'overactive imagination' when said kid told the class that his father was
the king? Resulting in said royal appearing at said school in garb with
knights, court and all?
---
Frank Ney WV/EMT-B VA/EMT-A N4ZHG LPWV NRA(L) GOA CCRKBA JPFO
Newsgroups: rec.org.sca
Subject: YKYASCAP
From: vern.hall at pcohio.com (Vern Hall)
Date: Thu, 21 Mar 1996 08:48:00 -0500
Organization: PC-OHIO PCBOARD - Cleveland, OH - 216-381-3320
TLM> You know you're an SCA parent when...
>
> When your daughter is in kindergarden and gets in trouble in
> show and tell for lying, ie telling everyone that her mother
> was a Lady in Waiting to the Queen. This required my wife to
> go to the school, in garb, and straighten it out. This was a
> while back. My daughter is now 16.
Doesn't just happen in kindergarten... My son, who at the time
was eighteen, had a teacher in sr high school english who had a
show-and-tell kinda thing the first couple weeks of school...
Each student was required to tell something they did over the
summer and the rest of the class was supposed to guess whether
their tale was true or false... My son's tale was that he stood
guard at the East Kingdom Royal Encampment at War... Well, you
can guess what the majority of the class (and the teacher)
guessed as to the veracity of that statement... He was on the
verge of getting himself into a touch of trouble when (for some
strange reason and totally out of character) he decided to
exercise a bit of restraint and attended class the following day
in garb (no weapons)..and..with photos for proof...
AElric of Coventree Grove
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From: jocelynp at cts.com (Jocelyn Plazewska)
Newsgroups: rec.org.sca
Subject: You Know You Are a Parent in the SCA When........
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 1996 16:02:08 GMT
Organization: CTS Network Services
You Know You're a Parent in the SCA When.............
your toddler (who is just learning to talk) tells you to "Get sword!!
Get sword!!!!" instead of a knife so you can cut a bananna in pieces.
Kasia
Katarzyna Plazewka
Mka Jocelyn Plazewksa
Barony of Calafia
Kingdom of Caid
From: ddfr at best.com (David Friedman)
Newsgroups: rec.org.sca
Subject: Re: You Know You Are a Parent in the SCA When........
Date: 23 Apr 1996 17:12:49 GMT
Organization: Best Internet Communications
Many years ago, we discovered that when visiting Baron William of Weir and
his wife and son, the visitor, on entering, would be offered a sword or a
shield by the (very young) son. He knew that he was only allowed to hit
people who were armed. You accepted at your peril.
I've been trying to teach my two year old son the same rule, but with less
success than William and Pippa had.
David/Cariadoc
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From: ksutterf at freenet.columbus.oh.us (Krysta Sutterfield)
Newsgroups: rec.org.sca
Subject: Re: You Know You Are a Parent in the SCA When........
Date: 23 Apr 1996 20:58:41 -0400
Organization: The Greater Columbus FreeNet
Your son learns to drum before he can walk.
Your kids respond to 'HOLD!' instead of 'STOP!'
Your child curtsies or bows on meeting the principal.
Your kids are the most polite in the school.
[most SCA kids I know are years ahead of others in
manners, and sometimes common sense, too.]
--
~Krysta
From: mhwag at aol.com (MHWag)
Newsgroups: rec.org.sca
Subject: Re: You Know You Are a Parent in the SCA When........
Date: 25 Apr 1996 09:35:34 -0400
Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364)
Both I and my squire-sister had to explain to our children's teachers
about those gruesome songs our sweet little ones were singing - all about
axes and death and listfields. On the other hand, they keep getting high marks for their creative writing assignments, all written about tournaments and quests and wars and kings and queens. "What wonderful imaginations!!!"
My kids school has "culture-week" each spring, and my table tends to be
very popular. Something to do with the chain mail and pictures of people
bashing each other.
And then there was the day I was late picking them up from their
after-school program due to the fighter practice in my backyard, and
picked them up while still in armor.
Aileen
From: "L. HERR-GELATT" <liontamr at postoffice.ptd.net>
Newsgroups: rec.org.sca
Subject: Re: You Know You Are a Parent in the SCA When........
Date: 26 Apr 1996 00:29:02 GMT
Organization: ProLog - PenTeleData, Inc.
In reply to "you know you're a parent in the SCA when....."
I took my first daughter away from daddy at age 1 1/2 for two weeks, to
visit my sister. When we came back, we met Daddy at a fighter practice
part of the way home. Meggie was very strange towards her dad, wouldn't
have anything to do with him, in fact, until she saw him in armor, yelled
"Daddy" and went running into his arms.
Not many Dads (or future beaus) would be able to live up to her mental
image of the perfect guy.....full plate and all. I guess a mom could have
it worse.
And then there was the time I was called into her Montessori
(read as pacifist) preschool to explain this fascination
with weaponry....and the fact that Daddy killed some guys last weekend!
Newsgroups: rec.org.sca
From: Paula Barreto <pbarreto at vines.iusb.edu>
Subject: Re: You Know You Are a Parent in the SCA When........
Organization: Indiana University South Bend
Date: Fri, 26 Apr 1996 16:57:28 GMT
...Your child insists on taking her dragon to day care instead of a
teddy bear.
...Your child says "OH YEA" when they want your undivided attention
...Your child doesn't understand why they can't put on their SCA garb to
go to the park
...Your child sits quietly beyond the list rope waiting for an adult to
get her toy that has wandered into the empty list field.
Ldy Isabel Moonsdaghter
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From: alysk at ix.netcom.com(Elise Fleming )
Newsgroups: rec.org.sca
Subject: Re: You Know You Are a Parent in the SCA When........
Date: 27 Apr 1996 12:38:31 GMT
Organization: Netcom
You know you are a parent in the SCA when...your son has another asthma
attack, and you grab your pouch with lucet and cord so that you have
something to do while you wait during his treatment in the emergency
room. Makes a really nice ice-breaker with the nurses! "What's that