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- 22:20, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+338) . . N The Ram (Created page with "'''Ramsgate''', a small tourist town, might seem an odd choice for the seat of government in ''Riddley Walker''; but it has a long history of being the center of power in Kent...") (current)
- 22:20, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+4) . . Pig Sweet (current)
- 22:20, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+74) . . N Pig Sweet (Created page with "'''Pet Street''', a village near Wye. {{By|BJB}} ''({{Ixp|154|27}})''")
- 22:19, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+28) . . N Nellys Bum (Created page with "'''Nail Bourne'''. {{By|TH}}") (current)
- 22:17, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+30) . . Mr Clevvers Roaling Place
- 22:17, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+687) . . N Mr Clevvers Roaling Place (Created page with "thumb|230x124px|frame|right This is what is now called the '''Devil's Kneading Trough''', in the Wye Downs. It is a combe (or coombe—originally a...")
- 22:16, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (0) . . N File:Trough.jpg (current)
- 22:15, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+29) . . N Monkeys Whoar Town (Created page with "'''Monks Horton'''. {{By|TH}}") (current)
- 22:14, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+23) . . N Moal Arse (Created page with "'''Molash'''. {{By|TH}}") (current)
- 22:14, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+4) . . How (current)
- 22:13, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+625) . . N Horny Boy (Created page with "'''Herne Bay''', named after the village of Herne, which in turn is named after the mythological figure of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herne_the_Hunter Herne the Hunter]. He...") (current)
- 22:12, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+768) . . N Harts Ease (Created page with "The '''Isle of Harty'''. {{By|TH}} ''Riddley Walker'' has at times been compared to ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beowulf Beowulf]''. A couple of years ago someone came up ...") (current)
- 22:11, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (-4) . . Hagmans Il (current)
- 22:11, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+33) . . N Hagmans Il (Created page with "'''Hinxhill'''. ''(90, 93)''")
- 22:10, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+781) . . N Good Shoar (Created page with "Besides appearing in "Fools Circel 9wys", Good Shoar plays no role in the story, but Hoban explained it in his afterword: "Good Shoar is '''Deal''', where I paid a boatman...")
- 22:09, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+211) . . N Good Mercy (Created page with "'''Godmersham'''. {{By|TH}} Though Riddley's name for it mirrors Bad Mercy, the real derivation of the name is "Godmaer's village" (''ham'' is a common suffix for towns)....") (current)
- 22:08, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+125) . . N Frogs Legs (Created page with "Possibly '''Frogholt''', a hamlet northwest of Folkestone, though if so it is misplaced on the map. {{By|BJB}}") (current)
- 22:06, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (-12) . . A 163 11 (current)
- 22:06, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+12) . . A 163 11
- 22:04, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+23) . . N Eusa story (Redirected page to Chapter 6) (current)
- 22:04, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (-1) . . Numbers (current)
- 22:04, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+1,431) . . N Numbers (Created page with "The mystical elements and interconnected symbols in ''Riddley Walker'' are intimately connected with {{Ix|number|numbers}} -- or, as Riddley always abbreviates and capitalizes...")
- 22:02, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (-4) . . Subjects (current)
- 22:02, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (-1,821) . . St. Eustace (Redirected page to Eustace) (current)
- 22:01, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+1,842) . . N St. Eustace (Created page with "This legendary 2nd-century Christian martyr's story is told in Chapter 14. Also known as Eustatius or Eustachio, he reportedly began as a Roman soldier named Placidus, wh...")
- 22:00, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+32) . . Sheela-na-gig
- 21:59, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (0) . . N File:Sheela.jpg (current)
- 21:58, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+3) . . Sheela-na-gig
- 21:58, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+1,768) . . N Sheela-na-gig (Created page with "An instantly recognizable type of small female stone figure characterized by a short rounded body, a wide-eyed expression, and a giant vulva held open with both hands. These ...")
- 21:56, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+1,240) . . N Roger Bacon (Created page with "English Franciscan monk and scientist (1214?-1294?) who is credited with formalizing the modern scientific method. Bacon's influence on modern rationalism is hard to overstat...")
- 21:55, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+28) . . N Punch (Redirected page to Punch and Judy) (current)
- 21:54, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+2,442) . . N Punch and Judy (Created page with "Probably the most violent form of ''live'' entertainment enjoyed by children today, Punch and Judy puppet shows are a 300-year-old English tradition with roots in Italian ''co...")
- 21:47, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+293) . . N A 217 26 (Created page with "* {{PP|217|26}} "Wud you please keap a eye on him ... Give us a shout wil you if he dont mynd that babby right" This is a traditional Punch and Judy bit in which the...") (current)
- 21:47, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+192) . . N A 215 17 (Created page with "* {{PP|215|17}} "That figgers crookit .... You know theres women here and carrying" Easyer is saying that it's bad luck to bring a deformed puppet near pregnant women. [[Cate...") (current)
- 21:47, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+97) . . N A 213 19 (Created page with "* {{PP|213|19}} "Riser Partman" Possibly a pun on "high-rise apartment." Category:Chapter 18") (current)
- 21:47, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+217) . . N A 211 22 (Created page with "* {{PP|211|22}} "youwl do what youre progammit to do" More confusion between fate and free will—''{{Ix|progam}}'' has been used elsewhere to mean "decide" but here it sounds...") (current)
- 21:46, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+3) . . A 210 15 (current)
- 21:46, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+421) . . N A 210 15 (Created page with "* {{PP|210|15}} "hold the bailey ... pour the ounts of judgd men" Old Bailey (the central criminal court of London); pronounce judgement. "Ounce of judgement" is also an ...")
- 21:45, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+234) . . N A 207 29 (Created page with "* {{PP|207|29}} "Fathers Ham which roun there its hard line Eusa country ... Some say Mr Clevver use to live in Fathers Ham" Faversham's history prominently features indus...") (current)
- 21:45, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+290) . . N A 206 12 (Created page with "* {{PP|206|12}} "the 2 <font size="-1">1/2s</font> of him come to gether ... I wunner if Goodparley ever thought of a bang when he heard that" The fission explosion of a nucle...") (current)
- 21:45, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+3) . . Chapter 17
- 21:38, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (-75) . . A 202 32 (current)
- 21:38, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+201) . . N A 202 30 (Created page with "* {{PP|202|30}} "regenneril guvner men from the Ram" Regional government. ''Guvner men'' is also a pun on "{{Ix|Big Man}}," since ''guv'ner'' is British slang for boss or big...") (current)
- 21:38, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+201) . . N A 202 32 (Created page with "* {{PP|202|30}} "regenneril guvner men from the Ram" Regional government. ''Guvner men'' is also a pun on "{{Ix|Big Man}}," since ''guv'ner'' is British slang for boss or big...")
- 21:37, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+318) . . N A 201 8 (Created page with "* {{PP|201|8}} "a farring seakert tryer from other side" This phrase contains some obvious references: ''farring'' = far-off, journey, ''seakert'' = sea, secret, ''tryer'' = ...") (current)
- 21:35, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+220) . . N A 200 32 (Created page with "* {{PP|200|32}} "I realy had to voat no kynd of fents in that lot" "Vote of no confidence." Since a {{Ix|fents}} is a settlement, this also reads as "those wouldn't be good p...") (current)
- 21:35, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+167) . . N A 200 15 (Created page with "* {{PP|200|15}} "they packt it in a {{Ix|iron}} pot" An iron crucible that explodes due to impure magic also figures in the story of Bran. Category:Chapter 17") (current)
- 21:35, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+235) . . N A 199 34 (Created page with "* {{PP|199|34}} "o the nertial and the navigation of it" Inertial. Navigation in space must take into account the inertia of objects, which keeps them moving in the same dire...") (current)
- 21:35, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+688) . . N A 198 30 (Created page with "* {{PP|198|30}} "if you put 1 figger on your right han and a nother on your lef the 1 wil go agenst the other some how some time" The oldest or at least best-known tradition o...") (current)
- 21:34, 24 November 2013 (diff | hist) . . (+144) . . Chapter 16
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