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WCDT strips 3861-3865 (29th October to 2nd November 2018)
Storel:
--- Quote from: Nepiophage on 31 Oct 2018, 10:25 ---Today being Hallowe’en, can I just say
BARMBRACK!
--- End quote ---
Why do you want to say that?
(I.e, I don't recognize the reference.)
TheEvilDog:
Barmbrack is a sweet bread from Ireland, made with sultanas and raisins.
Traditionally its more of a bread that's made around Halloween as part of a fortune-telling game. Various items are baked into the barmbrack; a pea, a stick, a piece of cloth, a coin and a ring. If someone had a slice with one of the items in it, it was supposed to predict their fortune for the following year. The pea - you wouldn't marry. The stick, if you married, you would have an unhappy marriage or a lot of fights. The piece of cloth - you would have terrible luck or be poor. The coin - the reverse, you would have good fortune. The ring - obviously you would be married within the year.
Most commercially available barmbracks at Halloween now just have the ring, usually a little toy ring to carry the tradition.
Killspree:
Nope, still can't make myself like Claire. If anything disliking her even more.
chris73:
--- Quote from: Killspree on 31 Oct 2018, 14:10 ---Nope, still can't make myself like Claire. If anything disliking her even more.
--- End quote ---
Definitely coming off a little entitled that's for sure
TheEvilDog:
Today's comic, displaying one of the lesser known attributes of barmbrack.
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