The Story of Hind Horn

Once upon a time, at the time of Robin Hood or maybe a few hundred years before that (but after King Arthur) there lived a princess who was unlucky enough to fall in love with a man who was not a price.  His name was Horn and he was a servant who lived and worked in her father’s castle for seven years.  He fell in love with her too and as the song says, “Seven years he served the King, All for the sake of his daughter Jean.”   He was known to everyone as Hind Horn, because Hind was another word for servant in those days – it was a constant reminder that he could not marry the princess.

A story of… GARNET

I have no name because nobody ever cared about me long enough to give me one, but she used to call me Marie. I have no idea why ‘Marie’ – perhaps she thought it suited me, or perhaps she thought that it was my name already – she always was a little strange in the head. I hope you don’t think I say that to be nasty and she was the nicest, loveliest sweetest old lady to ever knit sweaters for her grandkiddies but it’s undeniable that she was somewhat dotty. She didn’t even have grandkids.