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The Macaroni Jester – an antidote to melancholy

Posted on 01/04/2013 by Library of the Society of Friends

To mark April Fool’s Day, we’re not going to spin a yarn about Quakers and kilts or how George Fox invented porridge while in jail. Instead, here’s part of the true tale of an 18th century joke book recently added … Continue reading →

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Christmas pudding: a strange disorderly jumble and mishmash

Posted on 19/12/2012 by Library of the Society of Friends

For what excess of Riot, Uncleanness, Prophaneness, Intemperancies in Meat and Drinks, Words and Works, with all kinds of Superfluity of Naughtiness do the greatest number of People not commit in these days (which yet they call Holy) … Entertaining … Continue reading →

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