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“we hear nothing of their butter”
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— 31 Jan 2007 mark sinker Comment

in the course of routine pie debate in Another Place, i came across this TREASURE TROVE: cookery tips from the reign of good king dick![…]

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why did they think this and what made them stop?
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— 31 Jan 2007 mark sinker 5 comments

“The taunt of having tails was a common accusation against the English in mediaeval times, and was even occasionally heard in the 17th century, in the epiphet, ‘The Tailed English’.” (footnote in British Folk Tales and Legends[…]

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