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Tell it to the bee's

TheCatWoman

An old custom is that you should tell the first bee you see all your family news and whats going on and tell the bee's anything new thts happened when they're not dormant. This is because bees are agents of the Wyrd Sisters, The Norns, who guard the Tree of Life and who weave the threads of life, the bee's tell the Wyrd Sister's to make sure they know everything thats happening and it all becomes part of the Wyrd.

My Granny used to do this and apparently it goes at least as far back as the Pagan Anglo-Saxons and Norse/Viking beliefs, I wonder how much further back it goes?

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  • Tell it to the bee's what? 

    I'm very sorry, I know you're dyslexic and it's not your fault, but I keep seeing this and I'm afraid my brain has rebelled and forced me to point out that the plural of bee is bees, without an apostrophe.

    You use an apostrophe before the s when talking about something owned by a single entity, for example "That bee's knees are knobbly" 

    It's also used as a contraction of " is" or "has", for example "That bee's been flying around this room for hours" Instead of "that bee has been flying around..."

    And you use an apostrophe after the s when describing something owned by more than one entity, for example "We saw his parents' bee hives" (the hives belonged to both his parents jointly)

    Grammar lesson over - I'll get my coat - and buzz off.

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  • Tell it to the bee's what? 

    I'm very sorry, I know you're dyslexic and it's not your fault, but I keep seeing this and I'm afraid my brain has rebelled and forced me to point out that the plural of bee is bees, without an apostrophe.

    You use an apostrophe before the s when talking about something owned by a single entity, for example "That bee's knees are knobbly" 

    It's also used as a contraction of " is" or "has", for example "That bee's been flying around this room for hours" Instead of "that bee has been flying around..."

    And you use an apostrophe after the s when describing something owned by more than one entity, for example "We saw his parents' bee hives" (the hives belonged to both his parents jointly)

    Grammar lesson over - I'll get my coat - and buzz off.

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