He Pulled Out a Plum
"TIME goes on, and This is still Actu- \* ally Happening. My credulity has more than once been strained by these incursions into the'facts of history, but on the whole, and taken with a modicum of salt, these programmes are good Sunday evening entertainment. The story of the Death Cheaters and their attempt to resuscitate a hanged man by means of an elaborately fitted hearse appeals both to one’s love for the gruesome and to one’s interest in a sporting chance. The other story in this particular programme dealt with the original Jack Horner and his famous pie, The idea, it appears, was Henry-the Eighth’s -a pie stuffed with the title deeds of confiscated church property to be served to his favoured nobles. Jack Horner (who is known to posterity in general long before they have heard of Henry) prepared this rich and indigestible dish, arid in doing so helped himself to the juiciest plum in it. Like so many of Henry’s affairs, this makes an intriguing tale. It proved one thing, however, that I have always suspected-that "the corner" was merely due to the exigencies of rhyme, and had no historical basis. :
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 17, Issue 434, 17 October 1947, Page 11
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197He Pulled Out a Plum New Zealand Listener, Volume 17, Issue 434, 17 October 1947, Page 11
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