Annotation - Chapter 13, Page 114
From Riddley Walker Annotations
- (114:5) "there ben the goast of a batcherd living there ... where he use to play with his cubs"
Badgers are native to the area; also, Hoban's best-known work before RW was a series of children's books, illustrated by his former wife Lillian Hoban, about Frances the Badger and her family.