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EVENTS: “Il-Majjistra” – An old profession

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A home birth is an event which few pregnant women today would even consider.  However up to around the middle of the last century, most women gave birth at home with the help of a midwife, popularly known in Maltese … Continue reading

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EVENTS: The first landing place – the Eastern shores of the Island

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At dawn on Friday, the 18th May 1565, the first Turkish galleys appeared on the Eastern horizon.  The cannons of St. Elmo and St. Angelo were fired as a signal to Mdina and Gozo that the enemy had been sighted.  … Continue reading