Bear Mountain - Revision history

Old Dickens: better Yiddish

2017-04-09T15:42:54Z

better Yiddish

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	Mentioned in {{WA}}, this is a "bare" mountain in [[Lancre]], not a mountain with bears. Locals derive a great deal of profitable confusion from the homonym, selling a host of bear-related tourist ~~schmaltz~~ and tolerantly parting the occasional hunter from his cash via taverns and inns and any amount of people willing to be paid to be beaters and trackers.		Mentioned in {{WA}}, this is a "bare" mountain in [[Lancre]], not a mountain with bears. Locals derive a great deal of profitable confusion from the homonym, selling a host of bear-related tourist tchotchkes and tolerantly parting the occasional hunter from his cash via taverns and inns and any amount of people willing to be paid to be beaters and trackers.

	In {{WA}} the senior witches in the [[Ramtops]]; [[Nanny Ogg]], [[Old Mother Dismass]], [[Gammer Brevis]] & [[Granny Weatherwax]] meet here to discuss the troubling issues of the declining numbers of witches. This is a concern made more pressing by one of their number, [[Desiderata Hollow]], having given her apologies for not attending 'on account of being dead'.		In {{WA}} the senior witches in the [[Ramtops]]; [[Nanny Ogg]], [[Old Mother Dismass]], [[Gammer Brevis]] & [[Granny Weatherwax]] meet here to discuss the troubling issues of the declining numbers of witches. This is a concern made more pressing by one of their number, [[Desiderata Hollow]], having given her apologies for not attending 'on account of being dead'.

Old Dickens: delete odd and possibly trollish line

2013-11-25T02:50:51Z

delete odd and possibly trollish line

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	Mentioned in {{WA}}, this is a "bare" mountain in [[Lancre]], not a mountain with bears. Locals derive a great deal of profitable confusion from the homonym, selling a host of bear-related tourist schmaltz and tolerantly parting the occasional hunter from his cash via taverns and inns and any amount of people willing to be paid to be beaters and trackers.		Mentioned in {{WA}}, this is a "bare" mountain in [[Lancre]], not a mountain with bears. Locals derive a great deal of profitable confusion from the homonym, selling a host of bear-related tourist schmaltz and tolerantly parting the occasional hunter from his cash via taverns and inns and any amount of people willing to be paid to be beaters and trackers.

	~~It isn't very impressive. Had Mussorgsky (see below) turned up, the ''Night on Bear Mountain'' would have been over by Teatime.~~


	In {{WA}} the senior witches in the [[Ramtops]]; [[Nanny Ogg]], [[Old Mother Dismass]], [[Gammer Brevis]] & [[Granny Weatherwax]] meet here to discuss the troubling issues of the declining numbers of witches. This is a concern made more pressing by one of their number, [[Desiderata Hollow]], having given her apologies for not attending 'on account of being dead'.		In {{WA}} the senior witches in the [[Ramtops]]; [[Nanny Ogg]], [[Old Mother Dismass]], [[Gammer Brevis]] & [[Granny Weatherwax]] meet here to discuss the troubling issues of the declining numbers of witches. This is a concern made more pressing by one of their number, [[Desiderata Hollow]], having given her apologies for not attending 'on account of being dead'.



	==Annotation==		==Annotation==

	Cf. {{wp\|Mussorgski\|Mussorgski's}} bleak and very Russian orchestral tone poem ''{{wp\|Night_on_Bald_Mountain\|Night on a Bare Mountain}}''.		Cf. {{wp\|Mussorgski\|Mussorgski's}} bleak and very Russian orchestral tone poem ''{{wp\|Night_on_Bald_Mountain\|Night on a Bare Mountain}}''.

	[[Category: Discworld geography]]		[[Category: Discworld geography]]
	[[de:Bäriger Berg]]		[[de:Bäriger Berg]]

User: 1 revision: Discworld import

2012-09-23T21:52:47Z

1 revision: Discworld import

← Older revision	Revision as of 21:52, 23 September 2012
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Dromandkass at 08:14, 31 March 2012

2012-03-31T08:14:29Z

New page

Mentioned in {{WA}}, this is a "bare" mountain in [[Lancre]], not a mountain with bears. Locals derive a great deal of profitable confusion from the homonym, selling a host of bear-related tourist schmaltz and tolerantly parting the occasional hunter from his cash via taverns and inns and any amount of people willing to be paid to be beaters and trackers.

It isn't very impressive. Had Mussorgsky (see below) turned up, the ''Night on Bear Mountain'' would have been over by Teatime.

In {{WA}} the senior witches in the [[Ramtops]]; [[Nanny Ogg]], [[Old Mother Dismass]], [[Gammer Brevis]] & [[Granny Weatherwax]] meet here to discuss the troubling issues of the declining numbers of witches. This is a concern made more pressing by one of their number, [[Desiderata Hollow]], having given her apologies for not attending 'on account of being dead'.

==Annotation==

Cf. {{wp|Mussorgski|Mussorgski's}} bleak and very Russian orchestral tone poem ''{{wp|Night_on_Bald_Mountain|Night on a Bare Mountain}}''.

[[Category: Discworld geography]]
[[de:Bäriger Berg]]