The Copybook

Short passages for reading, drawn from history, legend, poetry and fiction.

1423

© Colin Smith, Geograph. Licence: CC-BY-SA 2.0.

The Tichborne Dole Clay Lane

The strange-but-true story of a Lady Day tradition.

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1424

© Rob Campbell, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.

Romulus and the Sabine Women Clay Lane

The legend of how Rome was settled gave rise to the March festival of Roman motherhood.

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1425

© Andrey Mironov, via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Man Born Blind Clay Lane

A man born blind is healed by Jesus, but finds himself a social outcast as a result.

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1426

© Marie-Lan Nguyen, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.

Alcibiades Clay Lane

In the populist democracy of 5th-century BC Athens, heroes fell as quickly as they rose.

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1427

© Pauline E, Geograph. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.

St David of Wales Clay Lane

The popular monk was elected as bishop of Menevia in Wales in 550.

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1428

© Thermos, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC-BY-SA 2.5.

Pericles and the Fickle Public of Athens Clay Lane

The leader of 5th-century BC Athens lavished public money on the city and its adoring citizens, and wherever he led they followed.

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