http://who-dock.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] who-dock.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] kampfflieger 2011-02-12 11:12 pm (UTC)

What were the things on Brendan's and some of the monks' ears? Earrings?

Technically, they are called "ear cuffs", common among Celtic folk. Essentially, they amount to a "clip on" earring that was a band of metal pinched onto the upper ear.

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