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"The Rev" - Lance Robbins in Blue tunic and jester's cap, with unidentified sage, backstage at Boar's Head Feast	Three wise? men and attendants at last year's Boar's Head feast.

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The Boar’s Head Gaudy is a yearly Christmas celebration held at Queen’s College (founded 1341) in Oxford, England, and in various forms and places throughout England and the world.

The first Gaudy was supposedly held sometime during the Middle Ages.

The origins of the celebration do not appear to be well documented. But legend has it that a student of the college was wandering in the forest of Shotover, some say around Christmas time, reading Aristotle, when a wild boar attacked him. In order to save himself, the young man rammed his book down the throat of the beast exclaiming, "Graecum est" (It is Greek) and the boar promptly expired. The scholar then severed the head of the beast and triumphantly carried it back to the college where, one can assume from subsequent events, they feasted upon it!

Karyn’s Medieval Recipe of the week!!!

To Make That Chicken Sing When It Is Dead and Roasted.

To make that chicken sing when it is dead and roasted, whether on the spit or in the platter: take the neck of your chicken and bind it at one end and fill it with quicksilver and ground sulphur, filling until it roughly half full; then, bind the other end, not too tightly. When it is quite hot, and when the mixture heats up, the air that is trying to escape will make the chicken sound. The same can be done with a gosling, with a piglet and with any other birds. And if it doesn’t cry loudly enough, tie the two ends more tightly.

If you missed the Jan/2005 event make sure you save the next date - 2nd Sat in Jan/2006. Tickets are usually - $12.
Purchase at Dec meetings or NY's Eve Social.