Chalked Dance Floors
Was chalking a dancefloor a merely decorative exercise, meant to display wealth to one’s guests, or were there practical reasons for the effort?
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Games of Jane Austen’s World: Rounders
What did the gentlemen and ladies of the Regency Era do for fun? With the leisure time the gentry class enjoyed, pleasant pastimes were necessary–so without cable tv or streaming media, what did they do?
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The Twelve Days of Christmas start today!
Yule logs and Yule Candles
The Bûche de Noël cake has become the modern stand in for the traditional Yule Logs. Here’s a peek at the traditions surrounding those during the Regency.
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