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Patterns
Understanding and memory aid-Or structure of the universe
Patterns lie at the heart of Permaculture
They can be:• Physical• Mental• Behavioural• Sequential
Patterns made by water on sand
Celtic knotworkActually cream in coffee
A thistle in the grass
Saltire in the rock
Spirals in nature
Two sorts of word combinations in English
Rhyming reduplications argy-bargy, arty-farty, boogie-
woogie, bow-wow, chock-a-block, chick-flick, claptrap, easy-peasy, eency-weency, fuddy-duddy, fuzzy-wuzzy, gang-bang, hanky-panky, happy-clappy, harum-scarum, heebie-jeebies, helter-skelter, herky-jerky, higgledy-piggledy, hobnob, Hobson-Jobson, hocus-pocus, hodge-podge, hoity-toity, hokey-pokey, honey-bunny, hot-pot, hotch-potch, hubble-bubble, hugger-mugger, Humpty-Dumpty
Exact reduplications blah-blah, bling-bling,
bonbon, bye-bye, chi-chi, choo-choo, chop-chop, chow-chow, dum-dum, fifty-fifty, gee-gee, go-go, goody-goody, knock-knock, night-night, no-no, pee-pee, poo-poo, pooh-pooh, rah-rah, so-so, tsk-tsk, tuk-tuk, tut-tut, wakey wakey, wee-wee, wiki-wiki, yada-yada
Any patterns in Gaelic?
Unaccompanied Psalms• The origin of Gospel singing
Gaelic Proverbs`Mul eil thu airson goid mo
chail, na tig air sgath mo lios’
If you’re not coming to steal my kale, don’t come for the sake of my garden.
What about these?
• Assets into Liabilities• Maximum Output for Minimum Work• No bare soil• Five uses for element, five elements for every
use• Thinking in five dimensions• Revolution disguised as gardening• Harvest beneficial relationships
Life is about choicesFast or slow, Missing things or seeing it all, Mechanical or biological
Liabilities into AssetsBoat sheds on Lindisfarne
Caveat emptor
Grandfather and GrandchildOn the beach at Brighton
Harvesting Peats
The Seven SistersConemara!
Uisge beathaHarvesting birch sap