"Paper, plastic or velvet?"
 "Papa's Got A Brand New Bag" (youtube link) |
Posted on 11/03/2018 7:33:19 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
A red silk velvet bag found in the attic of West Horsley Place, former home of Raleigh’s son, could have been used by Raleigh’s widow to carry around his embalmed head, according to the stately home and a historical costume expert.
Accounts of the beheading at the palace of Westminster, London, on 29 October 1618 record that the head was placed in a red bag, and that it and his body, wrapped in his nightgown, were taken away in a mourning coach by his widow.
...One biographer claimed his widow, Elizabeth, formerly Bess Throckmorton, a lady-in-waiting to Elizabeth I, had the head preserved in a case, while other accounts claim she kept it in a bag until her death at West Horsley Place, where she lived with her son Carew Raleigh and his family.
But historian Anna Beer, author of Patriot or Traitor: The Life and Death of Sir Walter Ralegh, cast doubt on the discovery, which she likened to other posthumous myths about Raleigh – such as those wrongly crediting him with introducing the potato to Britain and placing his cloak over a puddle for Queen Elizabeth.
(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...
The numbers of Freepers who get this joke are diminishing by the day.
Is your refrigerator running?
Got a lot of mileage out of Prince Albert when we were kids making prank calls.
Tobacco pouch.....or was that a can?
Paper, plastic or velvet?
So would they be celebrating Sir Walter Raleigh landing day or national potatoe week?
Never stick your neck out for a powerful woman.
Interesting post and history. Thanks.
https://www.history.com/news/sir-walter-raleigh-execution-reasons
So THAT’S how you get ahead in the world!
Me too. Who to call today though?
#22. “Is your refrigerator running”? If so, put on some skates and go after it. badda bing.
Child to a grocery store clerk. “Do you have Uncle Oskar (sardines) in a can? If you do, you’d better let him out before he suffocates”.
Have you ever seen a rubber band? Nope, but I did see a peanut stand.
Some of us old timers are still around and remember those lousy jokes.
Remember the old book titles, such as “Yellow Stream”, by I.P. Daily?
“Antlers in the Treetop” by Who Goosed a Moose
“Chased by a Tiger” by Clawed Balls.
“Cellophane Underwear” by Seymour Hair.
And save up the coupons, and by the time it's needed, you can get an iron lung. :^)
"This is a sharp medicine, but a sure remedy for all evils." -- Sir Walter Raleigh
Thanks PGalt for that link. Raleigh was the wealthiest man of his time, in England anyway, he just failed in his attempt to stay on the high wire.
Thanks all! I think there's more interest in the late medieval / Renaissance period of England than there is in any other period of non-American history, at least here on FR. Keep it up!
And curse Sir Walter Raleigh
He was such a stupid get
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