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5 Evil Rubber Duckies
Recorded at Mid-Realm Bardic Madness XIX: Bardic By the Numbers - Primus to Extremus‎, 18 November
2017.

Pass the Tale:
All those who wish to participate get up together, and tell a tale from beginning to end. The
challenge's patron will 'conduct' by pointing to the person whose turn it is to continue the tale,
and deciding when it is time to end.

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5 Evil Rubber Duckies
Pass the Tale: The Poison Scones- Malie bean MhicAoidh, Hilla Stormbringer, Hildigunnr
Halldorsdottir, Caroline de Mercier, Alexander de Seaton, Urraca Yriarte de Gamboa, & Maraha
Kahanikar
Recorded at Bardic Madness 2017 in Rivenstar.

Pass the Tale
All those who wish to participate get up together, and tell a tale from beginning to end. The
challenge's patron will 'conduct' by pointing to the person whose turn it is to continue the tale,
and deciding when it is time to end.

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Beauty's Curse
Il Destino: Beauty's Curse - Maraha Kahanikar
Recorded at Bardic Madness 2019 in the Barony of the Cleftlands

Il Destino
In the middle ages many believed that one's fate was determined by an outside force. Conversely,
there are stories of people determining their own or overcoming a predetermined fate. Present a
song, story, or poem where any of these is proven true or false.

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Birbal Goeas to Heaven
Birbal Goeas to Heaven - Maraha Kahanikar
Recorded at the Pennsic 42 Performing Arts Expo

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Ganesh's Childhood
Recorded at Bardic Madness 2013 in Dun Traigh

Maraha, Prince of [your country here]
Through a rather bizarre comma misadventure, our favorite itinerant storyteller Maraha - decidedly a
commoner and non-combatant - was recently mistaken for the Prince of the Midrealm (he now styles
himself "The Bard Formerly Known as Prince"). Tell us a tale* of an unlikely Royal (specifically
Maraha, if you like).

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Journeyman Concert #1
Journeyman Concert #1 - The Concert that Started a War
Presented at the Second eBardic Symposium in the Ethereal Realm
January 23, 2021

00 00:00:00 Introduction
01 00:01:22 Count William of Fairhaven (Mid-Realm)
Garlanda's Song
The Banner
02 00:09:55 Lady Lasair Inghen Ui h'Airt (Atlantia)
Emer's Sick-Bed
03 00:13:50 THL Agnes Marie de Calais (East)
The Wife of Bath's Tale
04 00:23:38 Lord Éadaoin Ruadh (Æthelmearc)
Éadaoin's Lament (music: Lúnasa)
05 00:29:14 Lady Líadan Liathán & Lord Dai Gerdwr (Mid-Realm)
John Barleycorn (Trad)
The Pennsic Laundry Mountain (music: Harry McClintock)
Pennsic War (music: Mary Chapin Carpenter)
06 00:39:35 Lady Ealawynn Maeru (Atlantia)
Caedmon the Cowherd
07 00:45:06 THL Ciaran mac Breandain (Atlantia)
The Road to Santiago
The Path
08 00:51:37 Sir Hákon Hábrok (Atlantia)
Here's to Valhalla
09 00:56:20 Lord Drake Oranwood (East)
Can She Excuse My Wrongs (John Dowland)
I Must Be Silent
10 01:04:46 Lady Jeane Kilmeny (Atlantia)
Ygraine's Lament
The Oak
11 01:09:36 THL Siobhán an Einigh of Connacht (Mid-Realm)
Y Gododdin (Aneirin)
12 01:16:04 THL Kateryn Draper (Meridies)
The Cursed Dancers of Colbeck
13 01:22:16 Ermagerd, nobilis (Ansteorra)
Weep You No More Sad Fountains (John Dowland)
The Riddle
14 01:28:31 THL Ursula Mortimer (Mid-Realm)
Under Siege
15 01:30:21 Baroness Nezhka Orshinaia (Atlantia)
Our Monsters Are Worse than Yours
Anna Vsevolodovna of Kiev
16 01:38:05 Lady Alienor Hathaway (East)
The Dream Remembered
Across the Wide Sea
17 01:41:02 Ruqayya bint Rabi'a al-'Aaliyya (Atlantia)
Three pieces by Rabia al-Basri
18 01:44:14 Lord Maraha Kahanikar (East)
The Man, the Boy, and the Donkey (Aesop)
19 01:50:02 THL Mathias Hakonson (Caid)
If Words Would Suffice
Dancing with My Shadows
20 01:53:30 Lady Laila al-Sanna' al-Andalusiyya' (East)
La Rosa en Florese (Anon)
Amarilli, mia Bella (Giulio Caccini)
Nani Nani (Anon)
21 02:05:43 THL Hilla Stormbringer (Mid-Realm)
Where the Lake Meets the Sky
For the Love of a Rose
Fireflies in the Twilight

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The Man, the Boy, and the Donkey
Journeyman Concert #1 - The Concert that Started a War

The Man, the Boy, and the Donkey (Aesop) - Maraha Kahanikar
Recorded at the Bardic eSymposium 2021 in the ethereal realm.

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The Missing Disciple
Indivisible/Even Odds: The Missing Disciple - Maraha Kahanikar
Recorded at Bardic Madness 2017 in the Barony of Rivenstar.

Indivisible/Even Odds:
Sometimes it takes Esprit de Corps. Tell us in song, story, or poem of such a time where togetherness is most important.

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The Missing Disciple
Maraha Tsigane (East) answers the challenge with this traditional tale of the Guru Paramartha.
Recorded at Mid-Realm Bardic Madness XIX: Bardic By the Numbers - Primus to Extremus‎, 18 November
2017.

Indivisible-Even Odds:
Sometimes it takes Esprit de Corps. Tell us in song, story, or poem of such a time where
togetherness is most important.

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Never Finish a Meal
Concert: Never Finish a Meal - Maraha Kahanikar
Recorded at Northshield Bardic Madness 2018 in Windhaven.

Concert:
Amazingly, for a Bardic Madness, we finished the last fyt before feast significantly early. We filled the time with an impromptu concert.

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Phases of the Moon
Recorded at Bardic Madness 2013 in Dun Traigh

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The Poison Scones
Pass the Tale: The Poison Scones - Malie bean MhicAoidh, Hilla Stormbringer, Hildigunnr
Halldorsdottir, Caroline de Mercier, Alexander de Seaton, Urraca Yriarte de Gamboa, & Maraha
Kahanikar
Recorded at Bardic Madness 2017 in Rivenstar.

Pass the Tale
All those who wish to participate get up together, and tell a tale from beginning to end. The
challenge's patron will 'conduct' by pointing to the person whose turn it is to continue the tale,
and deciding when it is time to end.

Title:
Description:

The Poison Scones
Recorded at Mid-Realm Bardic Madness XIX: Bardic By the Numbers - Primus to Extremus‎, 18 November
2017.

Pass the Tale:
All those who wish to participate get up together, and tell a tale from beginning to end. The
challenge's patron will 'conduct' by pointing to the person whose turn it is to continue the tale,
and deciding when it is time to end.

Title:
Description:

Shukracharya
I’m So Misunderstood: Shukracharya - Maraha Kahanikar
Recorded at Bardic Madness 2016 in Illiton.

I’m So Misunderstood:
Everyone is the hero of their own story. No tyrant or despot has ever thought of themselves as the villain of the piece. Tell us of your evil genius and why they are, in fact, the good guy.

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A Singer's Lament
Recorded at Bardic Madness 2013 in Dun Traigh

Juliane's Fishpond (or, "Infamous Last Words")
A big hit at Bardic Roundhouse, devised jointly with Juliane Bechaumpe: You will pull a fish from the "fishpond" (at the end of the previous Fyt) and on it you will find a sentence or phrase. Your job is to devise two verses and chorus which END with this line. (For this challenge, only a song or poem will do.)

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	Title: Description:	5 Evil Rubber Duckies Recorded at Mid-Realm Bardic Madness XIX: Bardic By the Numbers - Primus to Extremus‎, 18 November 2017. Pass the Tale: All those who wish to participate get up together, and tell a tale from beginning to end. The challenge's patron will 'conduct' by pointing to the person whose turn it is to continue the tale, and deciding when it is time to end.
	Title: Description:	5 Evil Rubber Duckies Pass the Tale: The Poison Scones- Malie bean MhicAoidh, Hilla Stormbringer, Hildigunnr Halldorsdottir, Caroline de Mercier, Alexander de Seaton, Urraca Yriarte de Gamboa, & Maraha Kahanikar Recorded at Bardic Madness 2017 in Rivenstar. Pass the Tale All those who wish to participate get up together, and tell a tale from beginning to end. The challenge's patron will 'conduct' by pointing to the person whose turn it is to continue the tale, and deciding when it is time to end.
	Title: Description:	Beauty's Curse Il Destino: Beauty's Curse - Maraha Kahanikar Recorded at Bardic Madness 2019 in the Barony of the Cleftlands Il Destino In the middle ages many believed that one's fate was determined by an outside force. Conversely, there are stories of people determining their own or overcoming a predetermined fate. Present a song, story, or poem where any of these is proven true or false.
	Title: Description:	Birbal Goeas to Heaven Birbal Goeas to Heaven - Maraha Kahanikar Recorded at the Pennsic 42 Performing Arts Expo
	Title: Description:	Ganesh's Childhood Recorded at Bardic Madness 2013 in Dun Traigh Maraha, Prince of [your country here] Through a rather bizarre comma misadventure, our favorite itinerant storyteller Maraha - decidedly a commoner and non-combatant - was recently mistaken for the Prince of the Midrealm (he now styles himself "The Bard Formerly Known as Prince"). Tell us a tale* of an unlikely Royal (specifically Maraha, if you like).
	Title: Description:	Journeyman Concert #1 Journeyman Concert #1 - The Concert that Started a War Presented at the Second eBardic Symposium in the Ethereal Realm January 23, 2021 00 00:00:00 Introduction 01 00:01:22 Count William of Fairhaven (Mid-Realm) Garlanda's Song The Banner 02 00:09:55 Lady Lasair Inghen Ui h'Airt (Atlantia) Emer's Sick-Bed 03 00:13:50 THL Agnes Marie de Calais (East) The Wife of Bath's Tale 04 00:23:38 Lord Éadaoin Ruadh (Æthelmearc) Éadaoin's Lament (music: Lúnasa) 05 00:29:14 Lady Líadan Liathán & Lord Dai Gerdwr (Mid-Realm) John Barleycorn (Trad) The Pennsic Laundry Mountain (music: Harry McClintock) Pennsic War (music: Mary Chapin Carpenter) 06 00:39:35 Lady Ealawynn Maeru (Atlantia) Caedmon the Cowherd 07 00:45:06 THL Ciaran mac Breandain (Atlantia) The Road to Santiago The Path 08 00:51:37 Sir Hákon Hábrok (Atlantia) Here's to Valhalla 09 00:56:20 Lord Drake Oranwood (East) Can She Excuse My Wrongs (John Dowland) I Must Be Silent 10 01:04:46 Lady Jeane Kilmeny (Atlantia) Ygraine's Lament The Oak 11 01:09:36 THL Siobhán an Einigh of Connacht (Mid-Realm) Y Gododdin (Aneirin) 12 01:16:04 THL Kateryn Draper (Meridies) The Cursed Dancers of Colbeck 13 01:22:16 Ermagerd, nobilis (Ansteorra) Weep You No More Sad Fountains (John Dowland) The Riddle 14 01:28:31 THL Ursula Mortimer (Mid-Realm) Under Siege 15 01:30:21 Baroness Nezhka Orshinaia (Atlantia) Our Monsters Are Worse than Yours Anna Vsevolodovna of Kiev 16 01:38:05 Lady Alienor Hathaway (East) The Dream Remembered Across the Wide Sea 17 01:41:02 Ruqayya bint Rabi'a al-'Aaliyya (Atlantia) Three pieces by Rabia al-Basri 18 01:44:14 Lord Maraha Kahanikar (East) The Man, the Boy, and the Donkey (Aesop) 19 01:50:02 THL Mathias Hakonson (Caid) If Words Would Suffice Dancing with My Shadows 20 01:53:30 Lady Laila al-Sanna' al-Andalusiyya' (East) La Rosa en Florese (Anon) Amarilli, mia Bella (Giulio Caccini) Nani Nani (Anon) 21 02:05:43 THL Hilla Stormbringer (Mid-Realm) Where the Lake Meets the Sky For the Love of a Rose Fireflies in the Twilight
	Title: Description:	The Man, the Boy, and the Donkey Journeyman Concert #1 - The Concert that Started a War The Man, the Boy, and the Donkey (Aesop) - Maraha Kahanikar Recorded at the Bardic eSymposium 2021 in the ethereal realm.
	Title: Description:	The Missing Disciple Indivisible/Even Odds: The Missing Disciple - Maraha Kahanikar Recorded at Bardic Madness 2017 in the Barony of Rivenstar. Indivisible/Even Odds: Sometimes it takes Esprit de Corps. Tell us in song, story, or poem of such a time where togetherness is most important.
	Title: Description:	The Missing Disciple Maraha Tsigane (East) answers the challenge with this traditional tale of the Guru Paramartha. Recorded at Mid-Realm Bardic Madness XIX: Bardic By the Numbers - Primus to Extremus‎, 18 November 2017. Indivisible-Even Odds: Sometimes it takes Esprit de Corps. Tell us in song, story, or poem of such a time where togetherness is most important.
	Title: Description:	Never Finish a Meal Concert: Never Finish a Meal - Maraha Kahanikar Recorded at Northshield Bardic Madness 2018 in Windhaven. Concert: Amazingly, for a Bardic Madness, we finished the last fyt before feast significantly early. We filled the time with an impromptu concert.
	Title: Description:	Phases of the Moon Recorded at Bardic Madness 2013 in Dun Traigh
	Title: Description:	The Poison Scones Pass the Tale: The Poison Scones - Malie bean MhicAoidh, Hilla Stormbringer, Hildigunnr Halldorsdottir, Caroline de Mercier, Alexander de Seaton, Urraca Yriarte de Gamboa, & Maraha Kahanikar Recorded at Bardic Madness 2017 in Rivenstar. Pass the Tale All those who wish to participate get up together, and tell a tale from beginning to end. The challenge's patron will 'conduct' by pointing to the person whose turn it is to continue the tale, and deciding when it is time to end.
	Title: Description:	The Poison Scones Recorded at Mid-Realm Bardic Madness XIX: Bardic By the Numbers - Primus to Extremus‎, 18 November 2017. Pass the Tale: All those who wish to participate get up together, and tell a tale from beginning to end. The challenge's patron will 'conduct' by pointing to the person whose turn it is to continue the tale, and deciding when it is time to end.
	Title: Description:	Shukracharya I’m So Misunderstood: Shukracharya - Maraha Kahanikar Recorded at Bardic Madness 2016 in Illiton. I’m So Misunderstood: Everyone is the hero of their own story. No tyrant or despot has ever thought of themselves as the villain of the piece. Tell us of your evil genius and why they are, in fact, the good guy.
	Title: Description:	A Singer's Lament Recorded at Bardic Madness 2013 in Dun Traigh Juliane's Fishpond (or, "Infamous Last Words") A big hit at Bardic Roundhouse, devised jointly with Juliane Bechaumpe: You will pull a fish from the "fishpond" (at the end of the previous Fyt) and on it you will find a sentence or phrase. Your job is to devise two verses and chorus which END with this line. (For this challenge, only a song or poem will do.)