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The Curio (1887)

New York : R.W. Wright; · leaf 95

An illustration from The Curio, 1887, leaf 95
in the English revered and cherished. He was generally re- farming districts to-day is the “ Green Man and presented, by the artists of that age, clad in Still,” and an infinite variety of Green Men Lincoln green, and in -the act of sending an have been popular among tavern keepers. arrow from his… … The Boar’s Head. History is a little vague in explaining ex- actly who these peculiar creatures were. But It was no invention of Shakespeare’s that the they always formed a part of the pageants dur- jovial Prince Hal made this hotel the scene of ing the sixteenth century, and were favorite his…

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