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[ OT with apologies ... Yes, Marjorie, a boot is a "trunk" and a Car Boot sale is a disposal of (usually personal) second hand goods. They generally take place in car parks ("parking lots" ??) or fields where the cars are admitted for a fee and then the car drivers & his / her mates / family set up a stall or table adjacent to the said car. They can be jolly social events, sometimes in aid of charity but more usually a way of raising cash or of disposing of your late grandma's household goods. They are a blessing for burglars and loathed by the police! They can be a problem for the litter collectors too ("garbage / trash disposal men "??). Our local one takes place in a field owned by the Ministry of Defence on Sunday mornings (sigh!) and the cleaning up is done very efficiently by a Naval Chief Petty Officer and a team of Ratings. All is left Shipshape and Bristol Fashion by 2pm.]
I suspect the thing is 19th C myself .... But yes, it's a gem. It could have come from Russia post 1918 or anywhere in Eastern Europe post 1945. It might even have been made in Walsingham c. 1979 (:-) ......
Brenda
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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture I'm guessing a "car boot (trunk?) sale" is the equivalent of an American "garage-" or "yard sale"? How can that guy think of parting with such a lovely thing?
Pardon the non-medieval, non-religious question...
MG
Marjorie Greene
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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
There are the usual journalistic blunders in this but the picture is pretty.
Any comments ?
BMC
Car boot wood 'could be Crusades tabernacle'
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/religion/5966768/Car-boot-wood-could-be-Crusades-tabernacle.html
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