apostles

St Barnabas and churches filled with flowers….

Jun 11, 2024

anniversaries, buildings, religion

apostles, books, Edward IV, flowers, Gregorian Calendar, Henry VII, lavender, London, martyrs, St. Barnabas, st. mary-at-hill, summer solstice, thomas dyer

On dipping into Thomas Firminger Thiselton Dyer’s book The Folk-lore of Plants I came upon the following:- “….Certain flowers, such as the rose, lavender, woodruff, and box were formerly in request for decking churches on St. Barnabas‘ Day (June 11) the officiating clergy having worn wreaths of roses. Among the allusions to the usage may…
Simply Simnel

Nov 28, 2020

anniversaries, battles, culture, law, religion

“Lambert Simnel”, “Perkin”, “Tudor” rebellions, apostles, Easter, Edward of Warwick, Elizabeth David, executions, Florence White, flour, Food, Gladys Mann, Henry VII, Judas, Marguerite Gompertz, medieval recipes, Mothering Sunday, R.A. Main, semolina, Simnel cake, Stoke Field

As we approach the holidays, I am flipping through at least fifty English cookbooks to get the lowdown on Simnel Cake. I know that it has long been associated with both Mothering Sunday (similar to North America’s Mother’s Day) and the Easter season. Nevertheless, it is a relatively simple fruitcake, covered in the usual marzipan…
Wonderful wall paintings under the whitewash. . .

Jun 29, 2019

buildings, religion

apostles, Cambridgeshire, churches, Fitzwilliams, Longthorpe, Seven Ages of Man, Society of Antiquaries, Wentworth Woodhouse

Caption for the above illustration: The north wall, displaying a Nativity framed by the Seven Ages of Man. At lower left is a cradled infant, helpfully labelled ‘INFANS’; next, we have Boyhood (see him spinning a top with his whip), then, mostly lost, Adolescence, followed by Youth (with a hawk on his wrist). Manhood follows…

apostles

St Barnabas and churches filled with flowers….

Simply Simnel

Wonderful wall paintings under the whitewash. . .