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- 23:23, 9 August 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+62) . . Home (current)
- 17:26, 9 August 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+1) . . A 47 13 (current)
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- 16:16, 9 August 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+263) . . A 47 13
- 01:52, 13 August 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+4) . . About this site
- 10:51, 17 July 2014 (diff | hist) . . (-5) . . A 153 27 (current)
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- 01:11, 17 July 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+54) . . Contributors
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- 00:51, 17 July 2014 (diff | hist) . . (0) . . File:What-does-it-do.jpg (uploaded a new version of "File:What-does-it-do.jpg": Illustration by Russell Hoban from What Does It Do And How Does It Work?) (current)
- 00:48, 17 July 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+4) . . A 8 19
- 00:47, 17 July 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+789) . . N A 8 19 (Created page with "* {{PP|8|19}} "some girt big rottin iron thing some kynd of machine" Riddley never describes the ancient structure in any more detail, but it seems likely that Hoban had somet...")
- 00:31, 17 July 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+81) . . N File:What-does-it-do.jpg (Illustration by Russell Hoban from his book What Does It Do And How Does It Work?)
- 01:13, 4 December 2013 (diff | hist) . . (-6) . . Index (→N) (current)
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- 00:54, 4 December 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+6) . . Map of Inland (current)
- 00:52, 4 December 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+6) . . Rose & Power (current)
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- 00:41, 4 December 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+27) . . Mr Clevvers Roaling Place
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- 00:10, 4 December 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+612) . . Eustace (→Mural at Canterbury)
- 00:01, 4 December 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+31) . . N File:Eustace-sons.jpg (Photograph by Eli Bishop, 2003.) (current)
- 00:00, 4 December 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+445) . . Eustace
- 00:00, 4 December 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+31) . . N File:Eustace-stag.jpg (Photograph by Eli Bishop, 2003.) (current)
- 23:56, 3 December 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+31) . . File:Eustace-mural.jpg (current)
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- 23:45, 26 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (0) . . m Fathers Ham (current)
- 02:10, 26 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+203) . . Contributors
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- 01:13, 26 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+702) . . N Home (Created page with "== Riddley Walker Annotations == This is a collaborative project devoted to analysis of Russell Hoban's very good 1980 novel ''Riddley Walker''. If your first thought is "wha...")
- 01:12, 26 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+4) . . N MediaWiki:Mainpage (Created page with "Home") (current)
- 03:26, 25 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+7) . . About this site
- 03:22, 25 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+29) . . N About (Redirected page to About this site) (current)
- 03:13, 25 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+32) . . Chapter 15 (Undo revision 655 by Eli Bishop (talk))
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- 02:49, 25 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (0) . . Diana and Aunty (current)
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- 02:22, 25 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+6) . . Early Channel bridge/tunnel plans (current)
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- 02:18, 25 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+755) . . N Early Channel bridge/tunnel plans (Created page with "frame|left|link= The English Channel is just big enough to keep the rest of the world comfortably out of sight, but there is an inevitable need for contact...")
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- 02:13, 25 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+21) . . N Ram (Redirected page to The Ram) (current)
- 02:13, 25 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+136) . . N Carving of two figures in Canterbury Cathedral (Created page with "frame|left A relief image on one of the columns in the crypt, reminiscent of part of the Eusa Story. {{By|EB}}") (current)
- 02:11, 25 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+77) . . N File:Cryptmen.jpg (Drawing by Eli Bishop of a relief image in the crypt of Canterbury Cathedral.) (current)
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- 01:57, 25 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+84) . . About this site
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- 01:44, 25 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (-3) . . Eustace (→See also)
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- 01:39, 25 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+1,034) . . N Links (Created page with "=== On Riddley Walker and Russell Hoban === ;[http://www.ocelotfactory.com/hoban/1975.html 1975] - Russell Hoban (1992) : essay by Hoban on how he began the book {{By|DA}} ;[h...")
- 01:28, 25 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (-1) . . Editions
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- 01:18, 25 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+1,769) . . N Editions (Created page with "== Print == [http://www.russellhoban.org/edition/riddley-walker-novel-1980-jonathan-cape-1980 UK: Jonathan Cape, Ltd. (1980)] First UK edition. 220 pp., hardcover. US: Summi...")
- 00:52, 25 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+3) . . A 56 26 (current)
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- 23:47, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+23) . . N Eusa Story (Redirected page to Chapter 6) (current)
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- 23:27, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+216) . . N Widders Dump (Created page with "'''Withersdane'''. {{By|TH}} As seen in the novel, the "dump" is a dangerous place to work and has probably produced a few widows. {{By|EB}} ''({{Ixp|2|3}}, 8, 22, 26, 28-29...") (current)
- 23:27, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+53) . . N Widders Bel (Created page with "'''Whitstable'''. ''(5, 120)''")
- 23:26, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+27) . . N The Warnings (Created page with "'''The Warren'''. {{By|TH}}") (current)
- 23:26, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+32) . . N Stickit Flats (Created page with "'''Sticking Flats'''. {{By|BJB}}") (current)
- 23:26, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+26) . . N Sel Out (Created page with "'''Sellindge'''. {{By|TH}}") (current)
- 23:25, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+46) . . N Sams Itch (Created page with "'''Sandwich'''. ''(5)''") (current)
- 23:25, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+20) . . Rose & Power
- 23:24, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+2,567) . . N Rose & Power (Created page with "This is a spot on the A20 south of Sellindge. {{By|RH}} provides the following illumination from <cite>Kent</cite> by Roger Higham (B.T. Batsford Ltd., 1974),...")
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- 23:22, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (-1) . . Roaming Rune (current)
- 23:22, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+117) . . N Roaming Rune (Created page with "'''Richborough Castle'''—originally built in AD 43, therefore a ''Roman ruin''. {{By|TH}}. ''({{Ixp|82|9}}, 122)''")
- 23:22, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+20) . . N Canterbury (Redirected page to Cambry) (current)
- 23:21, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+107) . . N Rivver Sour (Created page with "The '''River Stour''', which (reduced to a trickle, these days) runs through Canterbury. ''(15, 144)''") (current)
- 23:21, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+50) . . N Reakys Over (Created page with "'''Reculver'''. {{By|TH}} ''({{Ixp|82|9}}, 122)''") (current)
- 23:21, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+21) . . N Ramsgate (Redirected page to The Ram) (current)
- 23:20, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+338) . . N The Ram (Created page with "'''Ramsgate''', a small tourist town, might seem an odd choice for the seat of government in ''Riddley Walker''; but it has a long history of being the center of power in Kent...") (current)
- 23:20, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+4) . . Pig Sweet (current)
- 23:20, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+74) . . N Pig Sweet (Created page with "'''Pet Street''', a village near Wye. {{By|BJB}} ''({{Ixp|154|27}})''")
- 23:19, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+28) . . N Nellys Bum (Created page with "'''Nail Bourne'''. {{By|TH}}") (current)
- 23:17, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+30) . . Mr Clevvers Roaling Place
- 23:17, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+687) . . N Mr Clevvers Roaling Place (Created page with "thumb|230x124px|frame|right This is what is now called the '''Devil's Kneading Trough''', in the Wye Downs. It is a combe (or coombe—originally a...")
- 23:16, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (0) . . N File:Trough.jpg (current)
- 23:15, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+29) . . N Monkeys Whoar Town (Created page with "'''Monks Horton'''. {{By|TH}}") (current)
- 23:14, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+23) . . N Moal Arse (Created page with "'''Molash'''. {{By|TH}}") (current)
- 23:14, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+4) . . How (current)
- 23:13, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+625) . . N Horny Boy (Created page with "'''Herne Bay''', named after the village of Herne, which in turn is named after the mythological figure of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herne_the_Hunter Herne the Hunter]. He...") (current)
- 23:12, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+768) . . N Harts Ease (Created page with "The '''Isle of Harty'''. {{By|TH}} ''Riddley Walker'' has at times been compared to ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beowulf Beowulf]''. A couple of years ago someone came up ...") (current)
- 23:11, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (-4) . . Hagmans Il (current)
- 23:11, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+33) . . N Hagmans Il (Created page with "'''Hinxhill'''. ''(90, 93)''")
- 23:10, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+781) . . N Good Shoar (Created page with "Besides appearing in "Fools Circel 9wys", Good Shoar plays no role in the story, but Hoban explained it in his afterword: "Good Shoar is '''Deal''', where I paid a boatman...")
- 23:09, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+211) . . N Good Mercy (Created page with "'''Godmersham'''. {{By|TH}} Though Riddley's name for it mirrors Bad Mercy, the real derivation of the name is "Godmaer's village" (''ham'' is a common suffix for towns)....") (current)
- 23:08, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+125) . . N Frogs Legs (Created page with "Possibly '''Frogholt''', a hamlet northwest of Folkestone, though if so it is misplaced on the map. {{By|BJB}}") (current)
- 23:06, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (-12) . . A 163 11 (current)
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- 23:04, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+23) . . N Eusa story (Redirected page to Chapter 6) (current)
- 23:04, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (-1) . . Numbers (current)
- 23:04, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+1,431) . . N Numbers (Created page with "The mystical elements and interconnected symbols in ''Riddley Walker'' are intimately connected with {{Ix|number|numbers}} -- or, as Riddley always abbreviates and capitalizes...")
- 23:02, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (-4) . . Subjects (current)
- 23:02, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (-1,821) . . St. Eustace (Redirected page to Eustace) (current)
- 23:01, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+1,842) . . N St. Eustace (Created page with "This legendary 2nd-century Christian martyr's story is told in Chapter 14. Also known as Eustatius or Eustachio, he reportedly began as a Roman soldier named Placidus, wh...")
- 23:00, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+32) . . Sheela-na-gig
- 22:59, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (0) . . N File:Sheela.jpg (current)
- 22:58, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+3) . . Sheela-na-gig
- 22:58, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+1,768) . . N Sheela-na-gig (Created page with "An instantly recognizable type of small female stone figure characterized by a short rounded body, a wide-eyed expression, and a giant vulva held open with both hands. These ...")
- 22:56, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+1,240) . . N Roger Bacon (Created page with "English Franciscan monk and scientist (1214?-1294?) who is credited with formalizing the modern scientific method. Bacon's influence on modern rationalism is hard to overstat...")
- 22:55, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+28) . . N Punch (Redirected page to Punch and Judy) (current)
- 22:54, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+2,442) . . N Punch and Judy (Created page with "Probably the most violent form of ''live'' entertainment enjoyed by children today, Punch and Judy puppet shows are a 300-year-old English tradition with roots in Italian ''co...")
- 22:47, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+293) . . N A 217 26 (Created page with "* {{PP|217|26}} "Wud you please keap a eye on him ... Give us a shout wil you if he dont mynd that babby right" This is a traditional Punch and Judy bit in which the...") (current)
- 22:47, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+192) . . N A 215 17 (Created page with "* {{PP|215|17}} "That figgers crookit .... You know theres women here and carrying" Easyer is saying that it's bad luck to bring a deformed puppet near pregnant women. [[Cate...") (current)
- 22:47, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+97) . . N A 213 19 (Created page with "* {{PP|213|19}} "Riser Partman" Possibly a pun on "high-rise apartment." Category:Chapter 18") (current)
- 22:47, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+217) . . N A 211 22 (Created page with "* {{PP|211|22}} "youwl do what youre progammit to do" More confusion between fate and free will—''{{Ix|progam}}'' has been used elsewhere to mean "decide" but here it sounds...") (current)
- 22:46, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+3) . . A 210 15 (current)
- 22:46, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+421) . . N A 210 15 (Created page with "* {{PP|210|15}} "hold the bailey ... pour the ounts of judgd men" Old Bailey (the central criminal court of London); pronounce judgement. "Ounce of judgement" is also an ...")
- 22:45, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+234) . . N A 207 29 (Created page with "* {{PP|207|29}} "Fathers Ham which roun there its hard line Eusa country ... Some say Mr Clevver use to live in Fathers Ham" Faversham's history prominently features indus...") (current)
- 22:45, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+290) . . N A 206 12 (Created page with "* {{PP|206|12}} "the 2 <font size="-1">1/2s</font> of him come to gether ... I wunner if Goodparley ever thought of a bang when he heard that" The fission explosion of a nucle...") (current)
- 22:45, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+3) . . Chapter 17
- 22:38, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (-75) . . A 202 32 (current)
- 22:38, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+201) . . N A 202 30 (Created page with "* {{PP|202|30}} "regenneril guvner men from the Ram" Regional government. ''Guvner men'' is also a pun on "{{Ix|Big Man}}," since ''guv'ner'' is British slang for boss or big...") (current)
- 22:38, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+201) . . N A 202 32 (Created page with "* {{PP|202|30}} "regenneril guvner men from the Ram" Regional government. ''Guvner men'' is also a pun on "{{Ix|Big Man}}," since ''guv'ner'' is British slang for boss or big...")
- 22:37, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+318) . . N A 201 8 (Created page with "* {{PP|201|8}} "a farring seakert tryer from other side" This phrase contains some obvious references: ''farring'' = far-off, journey, ''seakert'' = sea, secret, ''tryer'' = ...") (current)
- 22:35, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+220) . . N A 200 32 (Created page with "* {{PP|200|32}} "I realy had to voat no kynd of fents in that lot" "Vote of no confidence." Since a {{Ix|fents}} is a settlement, this also reads as "those wouldn't be good p...") (current)
- 22:35, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+167) . . N A 200 15 (Created page with "* {{PP|200|15}} "they packt it in a {{Ix|iron}} pot" An iron crucible that explodes due to impure magic also figures in the story of Bran. Category:Chapter 17") (current)
- 22:35, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+235) . . N A 199 34 (Created page with "* {{PP|199|34}} "o the nertial and the navigation of it" Inertial. Navigation in space must take into account the inertia of objects, which keeps them moving in the same dire...") (current)
- 22:35, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+688) . . N A 198 30 (Created page with "* {{PP|198|30}} "if you put 1 figger on your right han and a nother on your lef the 1 wil go agenst the other some how some time" The oldest or at least best-known tradition o...") (current)
- 22:34, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+144) . . Chapter 16
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- 22:33, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+187) . . N A 195 7 (Created page with "* {{PP|195|7}} "What can I do then aswl be my oan doing?" Riddley returns to the theme of fate and the "other thing whats looking out thru your eye hoals" (6:11). [[Category:...") (current)
- 22:32, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+248) . . N A 193 28 (Created page with "* {{PP|193|28}} "I aint saying them words wylst youre lissening thems the fissional seakerts of the act" A pun between nuclear fission and the Official Secrets Act, the Britis...") (current)
- 22:32, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+431) . . N A 189 17 (Created page with "* {{PP|189|17}} "The {{Ix|numbers|3}} of the 1 Littl 1 is yellerboy stoan and Saul & Peter and chard coal" Besides the family trios already mentioned (Eusa and his sons, P...") (current)
- 22:32, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+1,078) . . N A 187 21 (Created page with "* {{PP|187|21}} "Mort your clof with Saul & Peter (Dy it red)" A ''mordant'' is a substance used by dyers to fix a color in a fiber. The word comes from the French word ''...") (current)
- 22:31, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+311) . . N A 177 3 (Created page with "* {{PP|177|3}} "In my head I wer singing .... hard as I cud hoaping he wunt lissen nothing only that" Catchy songs as a defense against mind-reading are a staple of science fi...") (current)
- 22:31, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+1,274) . . N A 176 2 (Created page with "* {{PP|176|2}} "the arper sitting in the Mincery ... it ben past down 1 shadder mincer to the nex" ''Arper sitting'': Opposition. ''Shadder mincer'': Shadow minister. A ...")
- 22:30, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+366) . . N A 175 34 (Created page with "* {{PP|175|34}} "theres hoap of a {{Ix|tree}} if its cut down yet itwl sprout agen ... Tho the root of it works old in the earf and the stick of it dead on the groun yet even ...") (current)
- 22:30, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (-2) . . A 175 30 (current)
- 22:29, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+878) . . N A 175 30 (Created page with "* {{PP|175|30}} "the Ardships no {{Ix|eyes}} face staring like a blyn {{Ix|owl}}" Hoban's interest in Middle Eastern mysticism -- and the many mentions of {{Ix|shadder|shadows...")
- 22:26, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+341) . . N A 168 16 (Created page with "* {{PP|168|16}} "Becaws a woman is a wooman aint she. Shes the 1 with the woom" Another use of deliberately false etymology. ''Woman'' really comes from the Old English ''wi...") (current)
- 22:26, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+288) . . N A 167 36 (Created page with "* {{PP|167|36}} "It were Greanvine. Carvit out of wood ... The back of it flat and the front of it ful roundit" Green Man designs are often found ornamenting the ends of wood...") (current)
- 22:26, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+532) . . N A 165 18 (Created page with "* {{PP|165|18}} "that face with the vines and leaves growing out of the mouf" thumb|140x137px|frame|left A Green Man, and although Riddley doesn't...")
- 22:25, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (0) . . N File:Cryptvines.jpg (current)
- 22:25, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (0) . . File:Cryptcolumn.jpg (uploaded a new version of "File:Cryptcolumn.jpg") (current)
- 22:23, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+213) . . N A 164 29 (Created page with "* {{PP|164|29}} "Its jus only stoan men walking unner the groun like that. Women have some thing else" Another instance of Riddley referring to women's secrets with no appare...") (current)
- 22:23, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+188) . . N A 164 12 (Created page with "* {{PP|164|12}} "theres a stoan self of your self in the groun and walking foot to foot with you" The same image occurs in Hoban's earlier novel ''Kleinzeit''. [[Category...")
- 22:22, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (-12) . . A 163 11
- 22:22, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+1,141) . . N A 163 11 (Created page with "* {{PP|163|11}} "Stoan" This is the last story with a title in the book. Riddley started the book by repeating shared myths about humanity; this is something very different. ...")
- 22:21, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+296) . . N A 162 26 (Created page with "* {{PP|162|26}} "Fealing the carving unner my hans it wer like shaller runnels cut in the stoan" thumb|70x161px|frame|left This drawing from the cryp...")
- 22:20, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (0) . . N File:Cryptcolumn.jpg
- 22:20, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+483) . . N A 161 15 (Created page with "* {{PP|161|15}} "it wer stoan trees growing unner the groun .... Roun trunks of stoan and each 1 had 4 stoan branches curving up and over" [[File:Canterburycrypt.jpg|thumb|15...")
- 22:19, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (0) . . N File:Canterburycrypt.jpg (current)
- 22:18, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+403) . . N A 160 12 (Created page with "* {{PP|160|12}} "its a littl to the Wes of that which its unner neath the groun" This is the cathedral's western crypt. It was built by the Normans in the 12th century, and l...") (current)
- 22:18, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+530) . . N A 160 3 (Created page with "* {{PP|160|3}} "Shes what she is ..." This paragraph is a quote from Lorna's "Why the Dog Wont Show Its Eyes". frame|left [[File:Cryptshape.jpg|frame|...")
- 22:17, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (0) . . N File:Cryptshape.jpg (current)
- 22:16, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (0) . . N File:Dolly.jpg (current)
- 22:15, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+465) . . N A 159 28 (Created page with "* {{PP|159|28}} "the woman dollys they hang over where a womans bearthing. Which them dollys theyre the same shape as the woman cakes they bake" This is one of the few refere...") (current)
- 22:14, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+286) . . A 158 33 (current)
- 22:13, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+571) . . N A 159 6 (Created page with "* {{PP|159|6}} "I knowit Cambry Senter ben flattent the werst of all the dead town senters it ben Zero Groun it ben where the wite shadderd stood up over every thing" Given th...") (current)
- 22:13, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+571) . . N A 158 33 (Created page with "* {{PP|159|6}} "I knowit Cambry Senter ben flattent the werst of all the dead town senters it ben Zero Groun it ben where the wite shadderd stood up over every thing" Given th...")
- 22:12, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+471) . . N A 155 16 (Created page with "* {{PP|155|16}} "When we come to the Ring Ditch the stannings of the Power Ring stood up wite agenst the dark like broakin teef" Whatever made the {{Ix|Ring Ditch}} was presum...") (current)
- 22:12, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+125) . . N A 155 3 (Created page with "* {{PP|155|3}} "Wo Jooper! Go roun Klisto!" The oxen are named after Jupiter and its moon Callisto. Category:Chapter 15") (current)
- 22:12, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+163) . . A 154 30
- 22:11, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+237) . . N A 154 30 (Created page with "* {{PP|154|30}} "the way the lite come acrost the feal you cud see some kynd of old pattren unner neath of the new furrows. Strait lines and circles from time back way back." ...")
- 22:07, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (0) . . N File:Barrows.jpg (current)
- 22:06, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+77) . . N A 154 27 (Created page with "* {{PP|154|27}} "Pig Sweet Form" See Places. Category:Chapter 15") (current)
- 22:06, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+159) . . N A 153 27 (Created page with "* {{PP|153|27}} "Cheer up it may never happen" def: This is a traditional British way of telling someone to stop looking so depressed. Category:Chapter 15")
- 22:04, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+154) . . Chapter 14
- 22:03, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (0) . . N File:Mapdetail4.jpg (current)
- 22:03, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+380) . . N A 142 14 (Created page with "* {{PP|142|14}} "Iwd have to wait a nother year before I begun to man for my self becaws I ben boying on my 12th naming day" In context it seems that Abel and Riddley use the ...") (current)
- 22:02, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+76) . . N A 142 1 (Created page with "* {{PP|142|1}} "Bollock Stoans" See Places. Category:Chapter 14") (current)
- 22:02, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+78) . . N A 141 37 (Created page with "* {{PP|141|37}} "Good Mercy Form" See Places. Category:Chapter 14") (current)
- 22:02, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+157) . . N A 141 22 (Created page with "* {{PP|141|22}} "he done deacon terminations .... national healfing" Decontamination; National Health (the U.K. state medical plan). Category:Chapter 14") (current)
- 22:02, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+212) . . N A 138 35 (Created page with "* {{PP|138|35}} "Punch has done for Mr On The Levvil now every 1 can do as they like" "Now everyone can do as they like" is a traditional line for Mr. Punch after he has kille...") (current)
- 22:01, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+2) . . A 137 30 (current)
- 22:01, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+363) . . N A 137 30 (Created page with "* {{PP|137|30}} "Drop John the Foller Man which they call me Mr On The Levvil as wel" Hoban says Drop John was named after "Knock John," the location of a World War Two offsho...")
- 22:01, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+258) . . N A 136 30 (Created page with "* {{PP|136|30}} "Jack Ketch is who I am which Im the Loakel Tharty" Local authority. Jack Ketch was a real hangman in 17th-century Tyburn, subject of the ballad "Hanging John...") (current)
- 22:01, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+543) . . N A 134 25 (Created page with "* {{PP|134|25}} "Swossage!" Mr. Punch traditionally craves sausages (as do all of his rivals) and steals them whenever he gets a chance. The strange sausage or "banger" descr...")
- 22:00, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+370) . . N A 132 37 (Created page with "* {{PP|132|37}} "Now you ask Mr Punch if hes ready" This is a fairly traditional Punch and Judy introduction, and the show that follows sticks closely to the usual story (Punc...") (current)
- 22:00, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+509) . . N A 131 12 (Created page with "* {{PP|131|12}} "A border fents it were Bad Mercy {{Ix|Fents}} you wont fynd it now its long gone .... Weaping {{Ix|Form}} is what it is now" See Places....")
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