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Sunday, 2 December 2018

Thank God for television

"We made our own entertainment in those days...."

'Snap-Dragon' is the name of a pastime that delighted Victorian children on Christmas Eve. A shallow bowl was filled with brandy, raisins were tossed in, and the brandy set on fire. Players try to snatch the raisins from the flames and pop them, still blazing, into their mouths

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2 comments:

  1. Eli Fennell2 December 2018 at 14:15

    In my parent's day, they had lawn darts.

    Same basic principle. ;-)

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  2. John Poteet4 December 2018 at 01:33

    It's amazing how many Victorian era pastimes seem designed to reduce the number of children that needed feeding.

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