Gwynfor’s Reviews > Clarissa's England > Status Update

Look up a Tennyson poem, 'Rizpah'

She asserts that English food was 'ruined' by refugees from the French Revolution, but gives no evidence; I'd need to see some proof of a claim like that.

'"Queen Anne is dead but if she lived in Brighton no one would have noticed the difference."' 'Mods and Rockers' 'exeat' (cf. Hogsmead weekends)

'I once went to Leeds Castle with a party of American fundamentalist Christians who spent the entire journey not speaking to me because I had made the improper suggestion that Jesus Christ was Jewish.'

Ergotism, St. Vitus' Dance, & the 'Mary Celeste'

'On the pillars of the church you could see the rope marks from ships that had tied up in medieval times during periods of food and very high water.' 'hogget'

'rope walk'; 'hawsers'

'pears, probably our native fruit rather than the apple'; 'Perry, the pear equivalent of cider, once one of our very common national drinks, is likewise coming back into fashion.' 'Nut milk in the Middle Ages and Tudor times was a popular alternative to milk from ruminants and I would have thought could be particularly good for people who are allergic to dairy products; perhaps it will come one day.' WOW!

'Kentish cobnut'; 'oast houses'