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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_female_fellows_of_the_Royal_Society https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Households_of_the_United_Kingdom https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holyrood_Palace https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rood "sometimes known as a triumphal cross, is a cross or crucifix, especially the large crucifix set above the entrance to the chancel of a medieval church.Alternatively, it is a large sculpture or painting of the crucifixion of Jesus" Whe're they living you said? Known lyrics goes: I lost my memory in Hollywood,I've had a million visions, Bad and good, There's something in the air in Hollywood I tried to leave it but I never could... "Holly was first associated with Christmas from the holy bible. When King Herod ordered that all male babies be put to death, the Holy Family hid their precious baby Jesus in a holly bust. Considering it wasn’t the season for holly to be lush, Mary prayed for protection for her son and the leaves grew to hide baby Jesus...Fully opened, the holly flower is shaped like a cross.Of all the parts of holly, it’s the leaves and the berries that have most significance - as one of the most prominent symbols of Christmas. Not surprisingly, the Holly flower is the birth flower of December and it also known as Christmas Holly or English Holly.But Holly berries are poisonous. Holly symbols trinity. People in the olden times planted holly around their homes so they have protection from lighting and thunder. It also protects people from the evil eye and witchcraft. In relation to the Christmas season, people in West England believed that a young girl’s bed would have to be surrounded with sprigs of holly. That works as protection to keep the goblins away from the little girl." "Holly flowers are attached to the number 7 in numerology. The symbol plant for this is Neptune. It has the positive qualities of mediation, awareness, analysis and understanding." What's holly, why so important? "The druids were tree worshippers, especially the oak. The holly was their most sacred symbol because it was sacred to mother Holle or Hel, the [Norse] goddess of the underworld" "Holle, or Holly-wood (Hel-wood, the “place of magic”)" "The holly wood was a favourite source of magic wands." "“I gave Harry a wand made of holly wood back in 1990, when I first drafted chapter six of ‘Philosopher’s Stone’. It was not an arbitrary decision: holly has certain connotations that were perfect for Harry, particularly when contrasted with the traditional associations of yew, from which Voldemort’s wand is made. European tradition has it that the holly tree (the name comes from ‘holy’) repels evil, while yew, which can achieve astonishing longevity (there are British yew trees over two thousand years old), can symbolise both death and resurrection; the sap is also poisonous.” -J. K. Rowling" https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._K._Rowling "An advertisement in The Guardian led Rowling to move to Porto, Portugal, to teach English as a foreign language. She taught at night and began writing in the day while listening to Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto." "After 18 months in Porto, she met Portuguese television journalist Jorge Arantes in a bar and found they shared an interest in Jane Austen. They married on 16 October 1992 and their child, Jessica Isabel Rowling Arantes (named after Jessica Mitford), was born on 27 July 1993 in Portugal.Rowling signed up for welfare benefits, describing her economic status as being "poor as it is possible to be in modern Britain, without being homeless." by her own words." "Rowling has named civil rights activist Jessica Mitford as her greatest influence. She said "Jessica Mitford has been my heroine since I was 14 years old" Did I earlier mentioned Porto, Portugal and who was Jessica Mitford, do you know and her family was close to who? Also pretty expensive cafe's to be poor like she said and interesting that she had money to travel in Portugal-England-USA..