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Episode 34: Lion-Washing, Hunting the Gowk, and the Nit Combs of the Mary Rose

Episode 34: Lion-Washing, Hunting the Gowk, and the Nit Combs of the Mary Rose

Update: 2021-04-01

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In this week's episode, curators Melissa and Poppy are on the hunt for the very best of April fools! We bring you tales of mischief and mayhem from seventeenth-century pranksters, explore the drowned villages of Armboth and Wythburn, and discover a mysterious lion-washing ceremony at the Tower of London...

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Episode 34: Lion-Washing, Hunting the Gowk, and the Nit Combs of the Mary Rose

Episode 34: Lion-Washing, Hunting the Gowk, and the Nit Combs of the Mary Rose