Monday 24 June 1661

Annotations

• N JBailey on Thu 24 Jun 2004, 11:19pm

  As I understand it, there were only two seasons then, not the four that we recognize now.

  So today was indeed mid-summer, summer lasting from March 21 to September 21. Winter was from September 21 (roughly) to March 21.

  Makes sense because this was the longest day.

• N JBailey on Thu 24 Jun 2004, 11:19pm

  As I understand it, there were only two seasons then, not the four that we recognize now.

  So today was indeed mid-summer, summer lasting from March 21 to September 21. Winter was from September 21 (roughly) to March 21.

  Makes sense because this was the longest day.

• N Conrad on Fri 25 Jun 2004, 12:12am

  The master of the house was only passing on holiday rates, Sam should have read the menu more carefully.

• N A. De Araujo on Fri 25 Jun 2004, 02:26am

  “24 June” Saint Johns’ Day in the catholic countries. Johannis Tag in Germany cf Die Meistersingers Von Nurenberg

• N vicente on Fri 25 Jun 2004, 04:18am

  “…where we dined …. great wrangling … master of the house when the reckoning was brought to us, he setting down exceeding high every thing…” With Pop, MoH thought they ‘was’ from Brampton ?.
  Shame on the little wifey any speculations on the diagnosis.

• N Mary on Fri 25 Jun 2004, 08:05am

  “shame on the little wifey”

  Why? She feels lousy and worried, the doctor comes ….. all quite reasonable and no cause for shame. Do you mean it’s a pity that she feels ill on a holiday?

• N bradw on Fri 25 Jun 2004, 09:31am

  the little wifey any speculations on the diagnosis?

  Do the records show the arrival of any new little Pepyrs in the next 9 months or so? Or would that be a spoiler?

• N Todd Bernhardt on Fri 25 Jun 2004, 12:26pm

  re: little Pepyrs

  No, no kids show up in nine months … nor do they ever. (I think this is a well-known enough fact about Sam and Elizabeth to qualify for non-spoiler status … see many earlier annotations for discussion of this.)

• N JWB on Fri 25 Jun 2004, 04:14pm

  Vic-Spec
  I don’t think Pop would’ve come off as a hick from Brampton. Have you ever delt with a tailor you thought a rube? This hick from Ohio never has. Pop made a living decking out lawyers, not an unsophisticated clientele. I imagine his manners, speech & dress were impeccable. As to wifey-hot days, spoiled food.

• N vicente on Fri 25 Jun 2004, 09:30pm

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• N Josh on Sat 26 Jun 2004, 02:29am

  “soare belly” suggests that someplace on Elizabeth’s abdomen—-which in popular parlance takes in plenty of bodily territory—-is either sensitive within to the probing touch (“Is that spot tender?” “It is now”), or that it hurts on its own without pressure being applied. Think: gas pain that does not pass as it ought.

• N language hat on Sat 26 Jun 2004, 09:06pm

  “he setting down exceeding high every thing”

  Was there no such thing as a price list? Did people just order and hope for the best? (Mind you, I’ve been in restaurants even today where this system prevails, and they just tell you at the end what your meal cost, without itemization, but it’s nervewracking for the unaccustomed diner.)

• N vicente on Sun 27 Jun 2004, 04:10am

  The Ordinary from Sams scriblings appear to run from One Fourk to 5 Fourks. There is the French Version for the Dowding crowd. http://www.pepysdiary.com/archive/1660/01/19/index.php#c643

  One in Cambridge, on an old boys outing, getting his kid brother accepted.
  http://www.pepysdiary.com/archive/1660/02/25/index.php
  At one, he took a peek inside, boys not there ,so scooted, at another one he clubbed [went Dutch as we use to say before it become not PC]
  Another the meal was dirty, at another he received left overs because he came after hours, but was enjoyed, cost 18 d ea.,another not as good as the last time he ate there.
  Mentions the Exchange 3 times, each a different place I do believe..
  Another place, he liked because he found a bagpiper to teach him to whistle for an Angel.
  [money 1/3 of a quid [6s.8d]]
  So over all, not the greatest of experiences ,overcharged ,leftovers, dirty, and now can whistle [for the waiter] Three places appear attached to the Inn of choice. In all he a has seen 11 ordinaries.
  

• N Alan Burkitt-Gray on Tue 29 Jun 2004, 08:59pm

  24 June is a quarter day, when agricultural rents (payable every 3 months) are due. The others are Michaelmas, 29 Sept, Christmas Day, 25 Dec, and Lady Day, 25 March.

  24 June is no longer a public holiday in England, or anywhere else in Britain, but is widely celebrated in Scandinavia, usually with bonfires in the midnight twilight — I think it is an official public holiday in Sweden.