The Elegance and Engineering of the Sidesaddle
The story of the sidesaddle is really the story of how women went from being passengers to being powerful equestrians in their own right.
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Horse Cents: The Real Cost of Transportation in Regency England
The Regency era sat at the edge of the Industrial Revolution, but most people still relied on muscle power, human or animal, to move goods and people from place to place.
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I was delighted to be invited to offer Random Bits of Fascination part of my talk on Travel in Jane Austen’s time. My research came about through my own curiosity of the modes of transport Jane Austen gave her characters in the novels. Transport in Jane Austen’s time mostly revolved around one’s own two legs or the four legs of a horse or donkey. Sedan chairs were still in use but were much less popular although … Continue reading →
A Little Colorful Language: Cacklers, Mowers, Woolbirds and Swing tails
We have a house full of cats and a dog who thinks she a momma-cat. They all have their own proper names. But they’ve also got multiple nicknames each. I may just incorporate a few of these regency Era slang terms as new nicknames for them! Cat Grimalkin. Tibby. Ram Cat. A he cat. Gib Cat. A northern name for a he-cat, there commonly called Gilbert. Cherry-coloured Cat. A black cat, their being black cherries as well as red. Smellers. A … Continue reading →