29 June, A.D. 512 - A solar eclipse is recorded by a monastic chronicler in Ireland.
Between the abstinence and the isolation, the monks didn't have a lot to do.
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Ye Olde Plough-cat jousting
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Medieval monks, not so different from us afterall!
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