256 years ago, Francis Mackenzie, Lord Seaforth, caught scarlet fever. The twelve year old schoolboy was put into a makeshift ward at his school along with a number of other boys. This infectious disease usually affects children between 5 and 15 years old and up to the beginning of the 20th century, it was oneContinue reading “Lord Seaforth’s Nightmare & the Mackenzie Curse”
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Shou Lao – God of Longevity
In our cafe, you will find an unusual but beautifully carved wooden statue depicting Shou Lao, the Taoist god of longevity. Legend holds that Shou Lao began as a star in the southern constellation Argo, and he is sometimes referred to as the Old Man of the South Pole. He was originally a mortal butContinue reading “Shou Lao – God of Longevity”