Comments on: At The Boar’s Head Parade https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/12/03/at-the-boars-head-parade-i/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Sun, 03 Dec 2023 14:17:15 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.5.13 By: Lynne Perrella https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/12/03/at-the-boars-head-parade-i/#comment-1530256 Sun, 03 Dec 2023 14:17:15 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=198347#comment-1530256 Thank you for this vivid post on a gloomy fog-covered morning in the Hudson River Valley.
I reflected that this post has all the hallmarks of Spitalfields Life — (dare I try to list them?…….)
*Fascinating historic information and insights
*Glorious men wearing their specialized regalia
*Granular details, explaining the need for a (harumph) paper mache boars head
*Great descriptive photos
*An enduring appreciation for traditions and rituals
*A heart-on-the-sleeve love of people, places, and occasions
*Emotion and celebration
*And much more

As I read this, I imagined trudging through the streets lost in thought, and suddenly hearing the hubbub of the men, the approaching footsteps, the rat-a-tat-tat, the “huzzah” cheers from the sidelines, and the colorful boar icon carried aloft.

“Adhere to your own act, and congratulate yourself if you have done something strange and extravagant, and broken the monotony of a decorous age.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Onward and upward!

]]> By: Catherine Petersen https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/12/03/at-the-boars-head-parade-i/#comment-1530216 Sun, 03 Dec 2023 06:48:44 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=198347#comment-1530216 Beautifully evocative writing as ever, thank you for this wonderful glimpse of ancient City of London life

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