Sunday, February 3, 2008

Chronicles of William Hone (week of February 3, 2008)

Pilot episode (2 of 3).

Click here to hear the program (mp3).
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This week's program includes:

--The original Super Tuesday: Carnival / Shrove Tuesday / Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday) / Pancake Day

--St. Blase's Festival (patron saint of wool spinners and weavers)

--The Hen that Spoke

--The curfew bell and how it related to fires

--Sir Thomas More, and his wife's habit during Lent

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