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Matthew Henry (18 October 1662 – 22 June 1714) was a British Nonconformist minister and author who was born in Wales but spent much of his life in England.He is best known for the six-volume biblical commentary Exposition of the Old and New Testaments.
Page from the 14th-century Luttrell Psalter, showing drolleries on the right margin and a ploughman at the bottom. Piers Plowman (written c. 1370–86; possibly c. 1377) or Visio Willelmi de Petro Ploughman (William's Vision of Piers Plowman) is a Middle English allegorical narrative poem by William Langland.
A ploughman's lunch is an originally British cold meal based around bread, cheese, and fresh or pickled onions. [1] Additional items can be added, such as ham, green salad, hard boiled eggs, and apple, and usual accompaniments are butter and a sweet pickle such as Branston. [2] As its name suggests, it is most commonly eaten at lunchtime.
On the "2 Bears, 1 Cave" podcast, McConaughey dubbed himself a "master tuna fish salad maker" and shared his version of the classic lunch. His recipe includes some eyebrow-raising ingredients ...
The article on "Ploughman's lunch" states flatly that the term is "a late 1970's invention of the UK catering industry." If this is so, why can I find US newspaper cites dating from 1964, talking about "ploughman's lunch" and describing the meal. It was almost certainly a pub meal.
Piers Ploughman Decoration " God Spede the Plough " is an early 16th-century manuscript poem that borrows twelve stanzas from Geoffrey Chaucer 's Monk's Tale . It is a short satirical complaint listing the various indolent members of the clergy who will demand a share of the ploughman's harvest, rendering his work futile.
[6] The poet John Clare wrote a two stanza poem which seems to have been influenced by the song. It describes the ploughman's life in more lyrical terms. Each stanza has six lines, but it uses the same metre and the final line of each stanza contains the phrase "All jolly fellows that follow the plough". It was written between 1832 and 1837. [7]
Matthew Stockman/Getty Images. Kelly Clarkson was hit with online criticism over her commentary during the opening ceremony for the Summer 2024 Olympics.