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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 ...

Mainly for Women

... Mainly for Women Fashions and Things Feminine IC A: «st A E nsi?«a the whig this smart. easy-tc>maKe sxirt. trim, yet generously cut and fits perfectly measurement of 28 inches n sg.inch wide 358. wUh '«« n g? n S Cffif the ■»H to t ' wi gi U aSS shown ...

The Earl of Ilchester

... whole series of books many of them based on his own rich collections family papers, illustrating the life of the brilliant Whig circle that surrounded the Poxes Holland House, of which Sidney Smith and Macaulay were such stars. It is not given to everyone ...

LAY MAGISTRACY

... the 18th Century when the! Whig oligarchs came wield the! power of the Crown during the, reigns of the first two Georges, they were careful to leave the countrywide to be administered and judged the local squire.** Torv and Whig aliKe. Fielding's lo'm Joue ...

EARLY SOMERSET SCHOOLS

... 18th centurv for children whose fathers voted for her nominee at parhapientary elections. And if the schoolmaster didn't vote Whig too lost his £3O p.a.—L H, Dopson. . ...

100 YEARS AGO

... into an accommodating conformity; and thus the leaven of opposition has subsided. The Wesleyans have started a newspaper on Whig principles called the ' Wesleyan Chronicle '■ in opposition to the Watchman, the Conservative bias of which, it is affirmed ...

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. ...

NEWS FROM THE PAST

... age. About the year 1818, Mr. Bunter eminently exerted himself in the election for the Borough of Taunton in favour of the Whig candidate, the late Lord Ashburton. then Alexander Baring, M.P. Under his influence and judicious direction the Liberal interest ...

LOCAL NOTES & QUERIES

... freemen and freeholders. With its 6 000 electors Uome of the elections here were disgraceful scandal Sometimes (the two oarties Whig and Torv. i agreed share the seats, but if was not done the elections were a«> described above The qualifications for County ...

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 ...

AN EMINENT SOMERSET BISHOP

... Bishops and their acquittal by a jurv brought the resistance of the nation to a head, and that night an invitation signed by Whig and Torv chiefs was sent over to William of Orange to accept the crown of England jointly with his wife Mary, daughter of James ...