q16

[dubdobdee]

q16.

i: day shares with Bridget?
ii: did Ramsay combine with Turtle Soup?
iii: was named after Margaretha, Märtha and Astrid?
iv: was inspired through an invitation to see Elsa of Brabant?
v: was Tom’s intended fate prior to his rescue from beneath the attic?
vi: according to the Captain, always ate better if it did not scald your gullet?
vii: is a sweetened combination of egg yolk and a Sicilian wine?
viii: creation formerly had the sobriquet “solognotte”?
ix: do Margrethe’s subjects use as a shibboleth?
x: moistens the lip and brightens the eye?

INCOMPLETE: we need vi and viii, and a confirm on i!

Comments

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Could i) be pancake day? I don't know if any saints days are moveable feasts but there's definitely a St Bridget...

[dubdobdee.livejournal.com]

pancake day = shrove tuesday :)

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

If I was a saint I would want to jump on a memorable day that already had something tasty going on.

[marnameow.livejournal.com]

St Brid is 1st feb. That's also the pre-christian festival of spring - Imbolc - and the Official First Day Of Spring in civilised places eg ireland.

[marnameow.livejournal.com]

Although i can't think of a pudding connection.

[dubdobdee.livejournal.com]

isn't there a thing called a bridey cake? or something like that

[marnameow.livejournal.com]

Not that i remember! Essential accessory of la le brid is a cross made of rushes.

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

bridie cakes, do you mean? But they are Scottish

[dubdobdee.livejournal.com]

maybe so! but bridie is a diminutive of bridget and the theme is puddings or cakes or whatever -- irishness may be a (civilised) red herring introduced by marna

[dubdobdee.livejournal.com]

this still hasn't quite unravelled for me but (googling a bit)

a) there is both BRIDE CAKE and FORFAR BRIDIES (not actually the same thing)
b) St Bridget's Day, 1 Feb, marks the beginning of the Celtic Spring (so-called bcz the coldest/wettest/iciest bit of the year is about to begin :D
c) diminutives of Bridget include BRIDE *and* BRIDIE