Absolutely. Remember that before they named him Hawkeye the Mohawk called Natty Bumpo "La Longue Carabine."Does chipping your own flints for a homemade flintlock count?
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I took one semester of Latin in junior college. I recently saw my old German teacher (an excellent teacher she was), and she’s now retired from university teaching and teaching Latin in our Holy Family Cathedral classical school. I spoke about the desire to learn Latin, and she said there is an excellent textbook for me to learn on my own.
For church Latin, I'd recommend John Collins, A Primer of Ecclesiastical Latin. Using a Latin-English psalter or breviary each day really helps as well. For Classical Latin, nothing beats Orberg's Lingua Latina. Do it!
I took a great deal of Latin and won the school Latin prize. Latin I was by far the most valuable course I ever took. Later I became a lawyer, and many people say something to the effect of how great Latin must be for your vocabulary. I found it immeasurably more useful for providing a detailed structure for understanding nuances of any language, mainly my own English, such as dative versus objective versus ablative or perfect imperfect versus pluperfect. It truly helps one write with precision.
I asked a retired priest what they used to use before the current 4 volume liturgy of the hours set (in English), and he said a 3 volume divine office set (in Latin). I’d be interested in getting that. I’ve been praying the liturgy of the hours for some years now, and was curious about the Latin prayers. I know basic prayers in Latin (for example, I can pray the rosary in Latin, learned from listening to Pope JPII), but I’d like to actually read Latin, like Church writings or Thomas Aquinas.
Baronius Press in the UK has a pre Vatican II Latin English Breviary of very high quality but it is very expensive. Clear Creek Abbey or OL of Guadalupe monasteries in the USA sell a Latin-English Monastic Diurnal, containing all of the hours except Matins. You can find it for about $80. Also, check eBay, but be careful. If you see one on eBay you're interested in and you want someone else to look at it send me a DM here and I'll be happy to look.I asked a retired priest what they used to use before the current 4 volume liturgy of the hours set (in English), and he said a 3 volume divine office set (in Latin). I’d be interested in getting that. I’ve been praying the liturgy of the hours for some years now, and was curious about the Latin prayers. I know basic prayers in Latin (for example, I can pray the rosary in Latin, learned from listening to Pope JPII), but I’d like to actually read Latin, like Church writings or Thomas Aquinas.
I live a couple hours away from Clear Creek. I have wondered, what is the difference between a diurnal and the regular breviary? I didn’t know the LOTH was available in Latin. Thanks!
Diurnal is Latin for daytime...just as nocturnal means nighttime.
When I was a teenager, I used to mow lawns for book money. One of the people I mowed lawns for was a fine old gentleman named Mr. Landles. Right before he moved to a nursing home he gifted me with his grandfather's copy of "Scottish Songs." On the inside of the cover, was written "March of the Campbells, Nae Luck," in a spidery, elegant hand. It remains one of my treasured possessions.
It's a very old Norman name that came to Britain in the C11. Somewhat common in the Scottish lowlands. I think there's even a Landles Castle.
A CVA Kentucky Rifle and matching pistol from back in the day when the kits were under $100.
Never thought I could chip a flint (or an arrowhead) and still I lack the skill. But with Alabama river rock and a large hammer (the "BFH, " as the locals call it) chips and fragments which spark are made. Just start smashing rocks and a perfect bit is shortly found. Never seen a better use of gloves and eye protection... Flint fragments are obsidian sharp. But the first fire in a flintlock had me looking like George Washington's Cheshire cat! 
