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Eat, drink & be merry : a Christmas miscellany / Susan Kelleher & René Rodgers.
- Title
- Eat, drink & be merry : a Christmas miscellany / Susan Kelleher & René Rodgers.
- Author
- Kelleher, Susan.
- Publication
- Swindon : English Heritage, 2007.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | GT4985 .K455 2007 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Rodgers, René.
- Description
- 160 p. : ill. (chiefly col.); 22 cm.
- Summary
- Why do the English have turkey and Christmas pudding at our Christmas dinner? Why were children encouraged to burn their fingers at Christmas in Victorian England? What was the kissing bough? The answers are in this compendium of the festive season, which is stuffed full of fascinating facts, spiced with extracts of poetry and prose and served with a delightful selection of illustrations. Ancient customs, traditional recipes and the religious beliefs behind all the merry-making are all included in this book, which will delight anyone who loves Christmas and the festive season.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Literary collections
- Trivia and miscellanea
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 158).
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- ISBN
- 9781850749615 (hbk.)
- 1850749612 (hbk.)
- OCLC
- 228192270
- SCSB-11458389
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library