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SOMERSET'S SPECIAL DISHES

... chaps, and not least for the Sally Lun, the recipe for which Miss White gives F.F.” has recently mentioned the Wells wig or whig” on sale in the shops on Good Friday. An old lady relative of mine always kept one of these for a whole vear and though I was ...

GLASTONBURY RED CROSS SALE

... cows, and these were Attested the sale attracted Attested herd owner* from a wide area. pedigree Ayrshire cow, Muston Miss Whig, and her bull calf made 40 gns., Dora and her bull calf. 47 gnt. Ada. 381 gns. : Jinnie, 47 gns. ; Doris. 291 gns. ; Jane. ...

WIGGS AT WELLS

... WIGGS AT WELLS “ F.F.'s” mention ot wigs or whigs being eaten Weils on Good Fricay this year particularly inteiesting. tor these were tormerly common Lenten tan- all over England On tne Bth April, 1664, Pepys writes in his Diary: -‘ home to the ohiv Lenten ...

SOMERSET COUNTY HERALD, SATURDAY, MARCH 30, 1940. LOCAL NOTES AND QUERIES

... Friday. In connection with this I heard the expression wigs for breakfast and buns for tea on Good Friday.” (It may be spelt whigs). I found out th»t wigs were a kind of cake, flavoured with carrawav seed, and made in the shape of a Cornish pasty with pointed ...