#sictransit

[i-do-not-mean-it]

Sic transit...

[aitan]

«Ogni trono ha una gamba lesionata, ogni piedistallo è soggetto alle variazioni del vento, ogni scettro è in bilico, in equilibrio precario, pronto a cadere giù come uno zimbello qualsiasi, come una guglia infuocata, come un birillo colpito da una palla di ferro o da un inserviente distratto; e caduto un birillo ne potrà cadere un altro, un altro e un altro ancora, in un tragicomico effetto domino a cui tutti tributano applausi, anche quelli che non hanno mosso un dito per abbattere il sistema di pesi e contrappesi in atto nel regno vigente et etternamente sfuggente.»

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Da Da "Principi decadenti e principi decaduti"

Principi decadenti e principi decaduti

Sic transit gloria mundi

Sic transit gloria mundi

[ndav1d42]

meg sem emlékeztem az utóbbi idők egyik legszomorúbb eseményéről, h basszameg bezárt a normafai csúcsbüfé 😪😭

no more unicum-kávé-sör :((( rip csúcsbüfé

(valami nyolcszázadik kávézó pékség PIKNIKPONTbazmeg nyílt a helyén, arra aztán nagyon szükség volt, pláne, h a szomszédban már van egy ilyen)

[fairyringquilt]

Germany, Rhineland, c. 65-40 BC. Quinarius (Silver, 13mm, 1.41 g 3), 'Tanzendes Männlein' type. Male figure dancing to right, his head turned back to left, holding a torque in his right hand and a snake in his left, and with a second torque hanging from his waist Rev. Horse standing right, his head turned back to left; all within zigzag border.

via Numisbids

[fairyringquilt]

Shui Rhys and the Tylwyth Teg -T. H. Thomas (from Wirt Sykes’ British Goblins: Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions, 1880)

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Fairy Gifts - John Anster Fitzgerald

[fairyringquilt]

Fairy Gold

1: money held to be given by fairies but turned into rubbish when put to use

2: wealth or prosperity that may vanish as swiftly as it is acquired : precarious or illusory wealth

(via Merriam-Webster)

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The Hedley Kow - John D. Batten 

A poor woman finds a pot on the road. She thinks it must have a hole for it to be discarded, but optimistically decides she might find a use for it as a flowerpot. Looking inside she discovers it is full of gold pieces, and decides to drag it home in her shawl. She drags it for a while, but when she looks back, the pot has become a lump of silver. She decides this is better than gold, as it is less likely to be stolen, and goes on. After a time she turns back again, to find the silver has turned into a chunk of iron. She observes this will be easier to sell, and that the penny pieces it will bring would be safer than either gold or silver. She goes on again, and when she turns back a third time, the iron has become a rock. She exclaims how convenient this will be as a doorstop, and happily goes home.

When she reaches her home, the rock transforms again, revealing itself to be the Hedley Kow, a mischievous shapeshifting creature. The creature trots off laughing, leaving the woman staring after it. She proclaims that it was quite a thing to have seen the Hedley Kow for herself, and goes inside to think about her good luck.

Synopsis for Joseph Jacobs’ The Hedley Kow (from More English Fairy Tales, 1894) via Wikipedia