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	Granny Nanny - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Granny Nanny (also known as Nanny of the Maroons), a National Hero of Jamaica, was a well-known leader of the Maroons of Jamaica.
		Granny Nanny was originally born in Ghana, West Africa as a member of the Ashanti Empire and was then taken to Jamaica supposedly as a slave, but there are also reports that she was deliberately sent by her people to aid slave rebels.
		Nanny also helped these slaves remain free and healthy due to her vast knowledge of herbs and her role as a spiritual leader.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Granny_Nanny (647 words)

	Nanny of the Maroons Part II
		Nanny of the Maroons Part II Nanny was born in Africa.
		Nanny and her soldiers were a ‘thorn in the side’ of the British.
		Nanny is regarded as a Priestess and Queen Mother by the Maroons.
	www.moec.gov.jm /heroes/nannycont.htm (1546 words)

	Fat Granny Sex -- Recommendations and Resources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Granny D (born January 24, 1910), born Ethel Doris Haddock, is an American politician and liberal political activist from the state of New Hampshire.
		Granny Nanny was originally born in Ghana, West Africa as a member of the Ashanti tribe and was then taken to Jamaica as a slave.
		Granny Boswell (1813 - 1906) was a notable Cornish witch, from Helston.
	www.becomingapediatrician.com /health/52/fat-granny-sex.html (1227 words)

	RootzView Jamaica Tour
		Nanny was Queen Mother of the Blue Mountains and a leader of the Maroons at the beginning of the 18th century.
		Beside inspiring her people to ward off troops, Nanny was also the type of village wise woman who passed down legends that instilled confidence and pride in her people and encouraged the continuation of customs, music and songs that had been traditional in Africa.
		Queen Nanny had a strong bond and was in close communicatioher African Ancestors, and this was the source from which her power as a Myal Woman was derived.
	www.rootzreggae.com /Portland.htm (1241 words)

	Nanny of the Marroons- Global Black News (African American News) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Nanny was a leader of the Maroons at the beginning of the 18th Century.
		Beside inspiring her people to ward off troops, Nanny was also a type of chieftainess or wise woman of the village, who passed down legends and encouraged the continuation of customs, music and songs that had come with the people from Africa and that instilled in them confidence and pride.
		But all the legends and documents refer to Nanny of the Maroon War as the most outstanding of them all, leading her people with courage and inspiring them to struggle to maintain that spirit of freedom, that life of independence, which was their rightful inheritance.
	www.globalblacknews.com /Nanny.html (427 words)

	Sylvia's Journals: Memoir I (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Granny would haul out the tin tubs, fill them with water and heat them on the stove 'til the water was hot enough to be poured into the newfangled washing machine she had acquired.
		Granny took a flannel and washed her as I picked up the huge bundle of clothing and carried them to the washing machine and dumped them into the churning water where the agitator greedily sucked them up.
		Nanny, as usual, hadn’t spoken a word to me. Blessedly, she isn’t due for another visitation ‘til she’s soiled what was put in the makeshift suitcase.
	canuck2000.blogspot.com /2006/10/memoir-i.html (2905 words)

	Granny Hootn' Nanny (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Granny had many Dear Friends in both churches and didn't know how she would have got along without them.
		All Granny's Children and Grandchildren live in Ontario and she resided in White Rock alone...
		Granny also had friends on the internet and she valued them just as much.
	www.angelfire.com /rant/papaNgrammeeAreHome/Granny (257 words)

	Jamaican Hall of Fame: Nanny (Jamaica)
		Nanny Sharpe was instrumental in helping her people fight their battles.
		"Granny Nanny" as she was endearingly called, was a petite woman with eyes that were mesmerizing.
		Nanny was skilled at strategic warfare against her people and the British.
	www.jamaicans.com /culture/hallfame/jhofnanny.shtml (181 words)

	Nanny Ogg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The character of Nanny Ogg is based on the Mother stereotype of the Triple Goddess myth.
		Nanny lives her life exactly as she wishes, and her daughters in law are those who make that possible.
		Nanny Ogg is also the muse and center of Leonard of Quirm's master piece, the Mona Ogg : her teeth follow you around the room, they say.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nanny_Ogg (758 words)

	Be Aware - Nanny of the Maroons
		Nanny more or less had a chief's position over the Maroons and was a wise woman of the village handing down stories and legends to the younger generation to try and keep traditions and customs alive.
		At the start of the 18th century, Nanny led the Maroons and was a symbol of unity and strength for her people during times of crisis.
		Nanny's bravery and total commitment to her people still lives today providing a spirit of strength and independence for oppressed people not just in Jamaica, but world-wide.
	www.daintycrew.com /maroons.htm (443 words)

	Nanny Knows Best: Nanny Bans Granny
		Nanny has such an obsession with health and safety that it really ties her in knots when she tries to interact with the real world.
		Nanny has now put her nose into this, and decided that helping to supervise a 4ft 9ins, 7 stone, elderly lady up the stirs presents too great a threat to the health and safety of the carers.
		Nanny Knows Best has been ranked 13th by MSN in their list of the Top 30 Blogs.
	nannyknowsbest.blogspot.com /2006/10/nanny-bans-granny.html (1488 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Terry Pratchett - Wyrd Sisters: Starring Three Witches, Also Kings, Daggers, Crowns ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Nanny is the mother, having had 15 children and 5 husbands ('three of which she actually married!') and scores of grandchildren.
		Granny, though she despises it, is the crone.
		Granny Weatherwax was the most highly-regarded of the leaders they didn't have.
	www.epinions.com /content_43989110404 (587 words)

	Cat's Corner, Quote Page 2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Nanny Ogg didn't care much about what people knew and even less for what they thought, and lived in a new, knick-knack crammed cottage in the middle of Lancre town itself and at the heart of her own private empire.
		Granny very carefully lifted the crown off her head--it was an effort, it didn't like it much--and laid it on the table.
		She [Granny] looked down at a landscape of sudden death and jagged beauty, and knew it was looking back at her, as a dozing man may watch a mosquito.
	hometown.aol.com /katzigh/Catpage5.htm (10038 words)

	Granny Nanny's Peanut Butter Pie Recipe Internet Cookbook Dessert Pastry Vanilla
		Julia Mae Mason Calvert, known to her grandchildren as "Granny Nanny", was born in Denton County in 1905.
		Granny Nanny was always the person people called upon to take food when families were in need.
		Granny Nanny always had food that she could "throw together" at the last minute to feed visitors, grandkids, and family.
	www.virtualcities.com /ons/tx/d/txd28011.htm (547 words)

	Amazon.ca: Witches Abroad: Books: Terry Pratchett (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		You don't tell Granny Weatherwax that anything is impossible for her to do, though, nor do you tell her you need her help, not unless you don't want her to come.
		Granny's character is especially well-developed in this novel, and the new-found insights into her childhood offer quite a telling new insight into her personality.
		Nanny Ogg is almost too eager to communicate, and too certain of her "forn" vocabulary.
	www.amazon.ca /Witches-Abroad-Terry-Pratchett/dp/0575049804 (1818 words)

	The SF Site Featured Review: Maskerade
		Meanwhile, Nanny Ogg and Granny Weatherwax, two-thirds of a witches coven, are looking for a replacement for Magrat, who had the nerve to go off and marry a king.
		Thinking that Agnes might be a perfect candidate for the third (now that Magrat no longer qualifies), Nanny pays a visit to Agnes, only to find that she has wandered off to the big city to seek her fortune.
		Nanny and Granny arrive in Ankh-Morpork to find that the Opera House is haunted by a ghost; a ghost that is killing people and ruining the show.
	www.sfsite.com /12b/mask23.htm (724 words)

	Nanny of the Maroons
		Nanny, or Granny Nanny as she was affectionately called, was a brilliant military strategist.
		Nanny, in particular, was believed to be an obeah woman who used her powers to exercise considerable control over her followers.
		This allegation was entirely false as Nanny outlived the First Maroon War, and subsequently received 500 acres of land from the British for herself and her people.
	www.blackhistorypages.net /pages/nanny.php (390 words)

	Who's Who: Witches of Discworld
		Granny Weatherwax was the most highly-regarded of the leaders they didn't have." She was also the original witch who made her debut in Equal Rites, although Granny has changed substantially since then.
		Nanny and Magrat joined Granny in Wyrd Sisters to form a coven of three superbly mismatched individuals who combine to excellent comic effect.
		Granny is accomplished at both, but headology is the more fundamental part of witchcraft on the Discworld.
	www.discworldmonthly.co.uk /whoswho_witches.php (581 words)

	Newsgroup Discussions: Granny after CJ
		Nanny's self imposed task seems to be to keep granny distracted enough that she does not go over the edge.
		she offered the same to granny but granny could see the cost (the elf queen would control you) and was not willing to pay that way, her way she only owe's herself and the witch who trained her (and that don't count).
		It may well be that Granny has had to work harder than some to gain her current mastery, but it is repeatedly emphasised throughout the novels that she is the most powerful and highly respected witch in the Ramtops.
	www.lspace.org /fandom/afp/timelines/discussions/granny-after-cj.html (14507 words)

	Jamaica's Hero- Nanny (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Grandy Nanny's history is mostly known from folk stories or history books written by her enemies, but a recent archaeological dig at Nanny Town, is filling in some of the gaps of how she and her people survived day-to-day.
		Nanny was not a slave, but she led many Maroons into the hills in Portland.
		Nanny town was hidden in the hills, but in the end the colonial forces found it.
	www.noamies-negril.com /id18.htm (4180 words)

	Sunbonnet Puzzles featuring Granny Nanny's Handcut Wooden Puzzles (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.netlab.uky.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		All of the puzzles are signed by Granny Nanny, the cutter, most are on the sunbonnet shaped figure piece which is my signature piece.
		This is a ONE OF A KIND puzzle, cut by Granny Nanny, AKA Nancy Ballhagen, in the Missouri Ozarks.
		There are 7 figure pieces, featuring a knight, dragon, unicorn and battleaxe in keeping with the fantasy theme of the puzzle, plus the granny bonnet which is the one that is signed and dated as shown here.
	www.sunbonnetpuzzles.com.cob-web.org:8888 /shaped.html (1598 words)

	Filling the Sky With Islands: An Interview with Nalo Hopkinson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Granny Nanny, says Hopkinson, is "named after the revolutionary and magic worker who won independent rule in Jamaica for the Maroons who had run away from slavery.
		And though Granny Nanny perceives all, she doesn't tell all, unless she thinks it's an issue of someone's safety.
		Granny Nanny and Toussaint are only the story's backdrop, though.
	www.space.com /sciencefiction/books/hopkinson_intv_000110.html (1063 words)

	Neon Genesis Wossname
		Granny's next question was interrupted by a white-haired young woman storming in.
		Granny and Nanny exchanged looks, they both knew very well who would be willing to do this.
		Granny nodded down to the girl, "That was a little too fast," she said to Gytha and the Patrician.
	home.att.net /~dan_s.comments/NGWOSNME.htm (3800 words)

	Granny the nanny in The AnswerBank: Body & Soul
		A FEW generations ago, it was usually granny who looked after the children when both parents went out to work.
		She either lived with the family or close by, and her role was taken pretty much taken for granted by everyone involved.
		Even now, when working parents can choose from a nanny, childminder, au pair or nursery, it seems that granny is still doing much of the minding.
	www.theanswerbank.co.uk /Article107.html (353 words)

	Esmerelda "Granny" Weatherwax
		She was trained as a witch by Nanny Gripes.
		She is the leader of the Lancre coven, which consists of herself, Nanny Ogg, Agnes Nitt, and sometimes Magrat Garlick
		Judging by Granny Weatherwax's personality, you would think that she was a "bad witch".
	www.angelfire.com /bc2/disc/granny.html (152 words)

	Nanny of the Maroons
		Nanny of the Maroons stands out in history as the only female among Jamaica’s
		Nanny was a leader of the Maroons at the beginning of the 18th.
		Yet, the spirit of Nanny of the Maroons remains today as a symbol of that
	www.jamaicaway.com /Heroes/NannyPage.html (408 words)

	The Granny Nanny: A Guidebook for Modern Grandmothering
		The Granny Nanny: A Guidebook for Modern Grandmothering
		She thought the same thing as she awaited the birth of her first grandchild; it would be "like getting back on a bicycle after a 20-year lapse..." she writes on the book jacket.
		She ended up with a 110-page guidebook that covers a wide area of categories of grandmothers — and could have included more — which is what makes the book unique.
	www.bookflash.com /releases/101044.html (574 words)

	Nancy the Nanny Goat - Muppet Central Forum
		It was Nancy the Nanny Goat where she rides in the car that is shaped like the letter N, wore her napkin around her necklace, annoyed by the other nanny goats that call her bad names at November 9:09 at night, got her pet nightingale and her granny nanny goat lets her eat noodles.
		Were some of the nasty names the other nanny goats called her as she sat nibbling on her nails.
		Announcer: Granny nanny goat noticed Nancy and said, "Nanny goats who nibble on their nails and notice noodles are nutty!"
	forum.muppetcentral.com /showthread.php?t=6971 (655 words)

	Lois Young-Tulin's The Granny Nanny, a guidebook on modern grandmothering
		Lois Young-Tulin's The Granny Nanny, a guidebook on modern grandmothering
		These involved grandmothers, or Granny Nannies, want to help their descendants, and have made a conscious decision to play a key role in the lives of their grandchildren.
		Complete with interviews from a variety of grandmothers in various situations, The Granny Nanny offers a wonderful opportunity for today’s grandmas to hone their skills and learn principles for successful grandmothering.
	www.thegrannynannyguidebook.com /bookexcerpts.htm (352 words)

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		She is the single mother of twins who just left for college (can anyone reading this relate to "empty nest?") and a professional nanny.
		I met Robynne sixteen years ago when she invited me to speak at a fitness and lifestyle center she co-owned.
		Put all that together and we've got a recipe for huge helpings of Unconditional Love as well as some well thought out and practiced tips on raising third millennium kids and the ones that came before.
	www.barbarawhitfield.com /recovery.nsf/GrannyIntroPage!OpenPage (774 words)

	CRUMLEYdotORG: The Adventures of Fuller and the Granny Nanny, the Finale
		Fortunately the people at the counter were able to switch something and Granny Nanny and I were able to sit together.
		The GN is doing a little bit more duty today since D had to head to Dalton for a trade show and I had to come into work for a few hours.
		The adventures of Fuller and the Granny Nanny have ended on a happy note.
	crumleydotorg.chattablogs.com /archives/023397.html (456 words)

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