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Nicholas Wood, known as The Great Eater of Kent (†1630), reportedly ate: “A quarter of fat Lambe, and three-score Eggs...three well larded Pudding-pyes...eighteene yards of blacke Puddings... A Ducke raw with guts, feathers, and all...hath swomme in the whirlepole or pond of his mawe.” #earlymodern
From John Taylor, "The Great Eater, of Kent, or Part of the Admirable Teeth and Stomach Exploits of Nicholas Wood, of Harrisom in the County of Kent His Excessive Manner of Eating Without Manners, In Strange and True Manner Described" (1630) More here: https://archive.org/details/bim_early-english-books-1475-1640_the-great-eater-of-kent-_taylor-john_1630/page/n1/mode/2up
August 30, 2024 at 4:20 PM
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Clara McDonald Williamson, The Day the Bosque Froze Over, 1953

https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1134672
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March 22, 2024 at 6:05 AM