OK back to you...sort of. They were the three Levellers shot at Burford Churchyard by the orders of Cromwell. Every year in May (next year May17th) there is a Levellers day in the Burford, centred around the churchyard ....to celebrate the Levellers beliefs in civil rights and religious tolerance...
It was indeed Sandy Denny on the song `The battle of Evermore`. Not sure if it included hobbits though. Over to you.
Robert Plant was obsessed by Tolkien and Norse imagery, I love Zep but try not to listen to the words, the only dated thing about them. There were multiple causes of the Indian Mutiny/First Indian War of Independence, but what was the the ostensible reason behind some Indian troops in the employ of the East India Company rebelling?
LESS INSPIRED!!! Brilliant brilliant song...saw Robert Plant play this with Fairport Convention and Judy Dyble (original Fairport vocalist) at Cropready a few years back...sent shivers up my spine. amazing...
Not quite, though they did believe, or were wound up by agitators to believe, that their officers were going to make them do something they found profoundly upsetting. Don't think Sandy Denny had a role to play in this historical event Beth, though she probably sang (sorry, wailed) about it at some stage.
Was it something to do with the cartridges for the new Enfield rifle being covered in grease derived from pigs and cows? This was thought to be highly offensive to Muslims and Hindus.
Got it. The Muslims thought they were greased with pig fat, the Hindus with beef fat. They had to tear the cap off the cartridge with their teeth, which didn't help. I may be wrong, but the English had plenty of notice about this and I doubt animal fat was actually used, but the perception was there. It didn't help that there was a lot of aggressive christian missionary work going on in India at the time, which also wound a lot of people up. Over to you Nines.
Pere Lachaise cemetery in Paris to be pedantic. But only Chopin has a major airport named after him, in Warsaw.
Athens? The Zeppelin song was 'Battle of Evermore' and it does refer to the Ringwraiths of Mordor - but no hobbits, I think.
