Games of Jane Austen’s World: Pall Mall
What did the gentlemen and ladies of the Regency Era do for fun? Often they played games, among them, Pall Mall, a game thought to be an ancestor to modern croquet.
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What did the gentlemen and ladies of the Regency Era do for fun? Often they played games, among them, Pall Mall, a game thought to be an ancestor to modern croquet.
Continue reading →Today is National Vanilla Ice Cream Day. Vanilla is so frequently used to flavor ice cream in Europe and North America that many people consider it to be the default ice cream flavor. During the Regency era, though, Vanilla was exotic and expensive.
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