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Credo Buffa wrote: Giving something so precious to a lost relative, especially a close one, as a symbol of love and committment seems to say "Not only do I love you enough to want to marry you, but I want to share something of my family with you because I think my mother/grandmother/great-grandmother/etc. would want you to have it."
Saturn wrote:After reading the letters from Keats' tour of "little Britain"I've got it![]()
"a dozen or two capital roast beef sandwiches"
To James Wylie 6th August 1818.
Credo Buffa wrote:What I do know, however, is that he really shouldn't have been complaining about eggs and oatcakes; he could have been subjected to haggis every day
Saturn wrote:"when I am asleep you might sew my nose to my great toe and trundle me round the town like a Hoop without waking me"![]()
To Fanny Keats, 2-5th July 1818.
Malia wrote:Hehe! You know, I've actually had oatcake before and it is pretty good topped with some raspberry jam and tossed down with a cup of tea Maybe 19th century oatcake wasn't as good--or Keats didn't have raspberry jam along with it
Haggis. Yes. I would think if Keats had even tried it he would have something to write (and complain) about. But I really can't say anything--I've never had haggis.
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