Five Historic things you never thought you needed to know. #9
Five Historic things you never thought you needed to know. #9 Have a break, have a Kit Cat… in the 1710s. The original Kit Cats were mutton pies. Apparently Christopher Cat, a pastry cook on Shire Lane, Temple Bar, made these pies as a speciality. Well, that is the story and I can’t confirm it yet. A Christopher Catt, who certainly existed, was a Norwich Quaker, the son of Christopher Catt, who married Thomasin Willson in 1710. The War of the Oaken Bucket The War of the Oaken Bucket was fought between Bologna and Modena in 1325. It is said that dastardly Modenese had stolen a bucket from a Bolognese well but probably actually began when Modenea seized the castle of Montevegilo. It all ended after the Battle of Zappolino when 7000 Modenese beat 32000 Bolognese and, allegedly, nicked the bucket as a trophy. Talke don’t talk. The village of Talke in Staffordshire was previously known as ‘Talk on the Hill.’ Talk on the Hill is derived from ‘bush on top...