Yorkshire Almanac 2025

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…But as we travayled hearing it was out of our way and desiring to take advantage of the fairnesse of the weather we resolv’d to go one and so bayted at Tollerton, where Parson Rogers hearing of our passing by rydd after us and recoverd vs at Tollerton where at myne host Thorntons, where my gossip dischargd two borrachoe bottles vpon the myne host and the parson, to the down fall of the one, and soe elevating the other that Master Parson would needs bring vs one the way, where to shew his love to my gossip he fell of his horse and after ran leaping and dancing before vs half way to Topliffe, where we went to Mistres warcups the famous good Hostesse, where we stayed till wensday being shut vp with rayne.

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To facilitate reading, the spelling and punctuation of elderly excerpts have generally been modernised, and distracting excision scars concealed. My selections, translations, and editions are copyright.

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As I’m sure you know, borracho is Spanish for “drunk,” and here it means “a great Dutch leathern bottle.”

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As I’m sure you know, borracho is Spanish for “drunk,” and here it means “a great Dutch leathern bottle.”

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Dock strikes were frequent in London at the time, so I haven’t yet managed to confirm whether this was 1958.

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