Gents Mag 1790 p.506
|
|
|
|
|
introduction | ||
|
|
list, 4th qtr 18th century | ||
|
|
previous page | ||
|
Gentleman's Magazine 1790 p.506
[en]joyed it in this state of preparation. - Not long since, a knife and its corresponding fork were all a family possessed; and to any entertainment every one carried his pair with him. But things are now assuming a new appearance. The rust of poverty and ignorance is gradually wearing off. Estates are bought up into fewer hands; and the poorer sort of people remove into towns, to gain a livelihood by handicrafts or commerce. Lands increase fast in value: the houses (or rather huts) of clay, which were small, and ill-built, are mostly thrown down; instead of which, strong and roomy farm-houses are built, and building, with hard durable stone, which is very plentiful here; quarries of red and white stone being frequent, and plenty of excellent slate in the mountains. We have an ancient custom of living on fried rashers on the Monday before Lent. May not this be a remnant of Popery that has not yet receded from this distant quarter, when the Catholicks left off the use of flesh for the forty days of Lent? RETROSPECTOR. |
|||
|
|
|||
Lakes Guides menu.