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Deborah has posted six annotations/comments since 1 March 2015.

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12 Apr 2019, 10:05 a.m. - Deborah

I believe coat hangers, as we know them, were originally called "shoulders".

8 Jan 2019, 11:30 a.m. - Deborah

".....stand upon my own legs. ..." In (British) English now, we stand on our own two feet.

21 Jul 2018, 8:10 a.m. - Deborah

The vector fleas needed to reach somewhere vulnerable to their bite, so long socks were a barrier. This could also be why plague happened in summer. Do we have any information on Sam’s socks?

27 Apr 2018, 10:22 a.m. - Deborah

"But I do very much fear that Mrs. Pickering’s honour, if the world comes to take notice of it, may be wronged by it." Right to worry, Sam, as without you, it would be long forgotten.

20 Sep 2016, 9:38 a.m. - Deborah

From Shakespeare to Defoe: Malaria in England in the Little Ice Age Here is a direct link to the article commented on ten years ago. http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/6/1/00-0101_article

1 Mar 2015, 10:02 a.m. - Deborah

Yet now, corporal punishment is seen as such an unsophisticated management technique.