REPLY1850
Black Doll at Old Store Shops
By A. C.
I asked you some time since the origin of the Black Doll at Old Store Shops; but you did not insert my Query, which curiously enough has since been alluded to by *Punch*, as a mystery only known to, or capable of being interpreted by, the editor of "Notes and Queries." [We are obliged to our correspondent and also to our witty contemporary for this testimony to our omniscience, and show our sense of their kindness by giving them two explanations. The first is, the story which has been told of its originating with a person who kept a house for the sale of toys and rags in Norton Falgate some ce…
Topics: Black Doll, Old Store Shops, Historical Customs, Trade with Uncivilised Tribes
Locations: Norton Falgate