Sutton House NTさんのイラストまとめ

A popular Georgian Christmas game was snap-dragon. Daring players would pluck almonds & raisons from a bowl of flaming brandy. ‘How was this fun?’ you might ask. Apparently the fun part was watching people’s faces as they burnt their fingers #DeckTheHalls https://t.co/tmcnVNiFmN

a whopping 80% of you got it wrong! The answer is Christmas pudding! The boozy treat so offended the Puritans that they banned them, as they feared the alcohol and fruit spices would intensify people’s passion #DeckTheHalls https://t.co/tmcnVNiFmN

Following the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588, Elizabeth I’s first meal was goose. She ordered that everyone should eat goose for their Christmas meal as tribute to the English sailors who fought off the Armada #DeckTheHalls https://t.co/tmcnVNiFmN

Lady Ellen Sadleir who, with her husband, was the
first occupant here, was a keen musician. Perhaps it was her tinkling the
ivories… #Halloween

The first two people to live in the two houses when the building was divided in 1752 were George Garrett and Timothy Ravenhill. They can sometimes be heard arguing in the Chapel, as well as the sound of a crowd cheering them on. #Halloween

Perhaps our meanest ghost is Charles Pulley, a Victorian Vestry Clerk with a reputation for horsewhipping people. He lived in the East side of the house when the West side was a girls' school. The ghost of a young girl has been seen hiding from him behind a piano. #Halloween

In 1994 the house steward who lived on site was woken one night to find Mary Tooke, a wealthy Huguenot from the Georgian times, shaking his bed violently. Maybe since she had such elegant taste she disapproved of the house
steward’s furniture choices. #Halloween

On a sadder note, Frances Cotton was the first wife of John Machell’s son. She tragically died while giving birth to twin sons John and Francis, who both survived. Some have seen the ghost of Frances sobbing and searching for her children who she never got to meet. #Halloween

Here goes... firstly, and most commonly, are the mysterious dogs who can
be heard barking at night, and some have felt them brush against their legs!
They are thought to be the three lurchers that were always by the side of the
house’s second owner John Machell. #Halloween

Explore our School of Anarchy exhibition from 12 every day over the holidays- anarchic fun for the whole family!