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jan 1, 1850 - Reverend William Wickenden publishes "A Queer Book".

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This entertaining miscellany included an essay on vegetarianism, the story of a prank in Awre churchyard with a jack o' lantern, and the story of a horseback steeple chase in the Forest. This story may be the first literary appearance of Forest of Dean dialect.

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jan 1, 1850
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~ 175 years ago