tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31073970.post6286131060419790010..comments2023-10-19T15:58:47.099+01:00Comments on Chalk & Cheese: #3: Remember, Remember...Tam and Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04773250226789162473noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31073970.post-44612143211443732082006-11-22T11:22:00.000+00:002006-11-22T11:22:00.000+00:00Those of our readers who would like to read more a...Those of our readers who would like to read more alarmingly true tales of the "making of the King James bible" might be interested to know that Adam Nicolson is the author of <i>God's Secretaries</i>.Tam and Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04773250226789162473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31073970.post-29943175591532198002006-11-21T17:00:00.000+00:002006-11-21T17:00:00.000+00:00By the way, in God's Secretaries (author escapes m...By the way, in God's Secretaries (author escapes me), there's a great passage about the gunpowder plot and how much it impacted England, the way 9/11 has impacted the US...essentially the response to the plot was nearly hysterical in terms of searching out anyone even remotely known to the attackers and executing them. And of course, all catholics were essentially suspected of all societal ills from then on. There is even the theory that Cecil knew about the whole plot and intervened at the last second to secure his own power with James as well as James' with the people who, prior to that, were not necessarily sure how they felt about him. The crown even sentenced to death the priest who heard Guy's (and the others') confessions of the impending plot, but didn't report the plan to the crown (although he had urged them to abandon it). Protestants, not believing in the whole confession thing, didn't go for the priest-penetant defense and convicted him of treason. He, too, was to be hung until not quite dead, then cut down, his privates cut off and shown to him, then disembowled (again while presumably still alive), quartered, and put up on stakes for all to see (and the birds to eat). The theory was, believe it or not, that this gruesome punishment would represent physically each of the sins he had committed (hanging so that he could not think such thoughts again, castration so he could not procreate his evil seed (extra irony there), etc.). Apparently, the executioner actually hung him until he was dead before doing the rest, out of mercy and a general sense that this wrong. The crowd reportedly booed about a good man being killed for nothing.daniellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07607148640123420277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31073970.post-83056136554345194322006-11-11T02:53:00.000+00:002006-11-11T02:53:00.000+00:00Hello again,
I don't know whether this still happe...Hello again,<br />I don't know whether this still happens or not, but children used to create stuffed "guys" (crude mannequins)which they might push around in a pram or simply carry, (and possibly burn in the bonfire later) and raise money on the street from passing strangers with the call "Penny for the Guy!" I wonder whether this still happens.<br />PAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31073970.post-48820459094081269962006-11-07T10:44:00.000+00:002006-11-07T10:44:00.000+00:00I love molasses, after discovering (alarmingly rec...I love molasses, after discovering (alarmingly recebtly!) that it was the flavour of one of my favourite childhood sweets. This looks heavenly, especialyl with the long chilly evenings upon us...<br /><br />On another note - I am forwarding your URL to Andrew at SpittoonExtra who keeps a comprehensive list of Brit foodblogs but doesn't seem to have discovered you yet :-)Jeannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12325204219395014329noreply@blogger.com