New Year's Greetings from the Oxford Sausage, 1772
Posted by Richard on UTC 2018-01-01 07:12
![From the 'Oxford Sausage': frontispiece.](../../img/2018/01/os_t1_708x1135.jpg)
![From the 'Oxford Sausage': title page.](../../img/2018/01/os_t2_708x1146.jpg)
The New Year's Gift
![From the 'Oxford Sausage': 'The New Year's Gift' 1](../../img/2018/01/os_ss1_708x1161.jpg)
![From the 'Oxford Sausage': 'The New Year's Gift' 2](../../img/2018/01/os_ss2_708_1161.jpg)
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Nell Batchelor, an Oxford Pye-Woman
The contributors to The Oxford Sausage were, as the title suggests, much preoccupied by food – and in particular those student staples, pies and sausages. Their skilled makers deserved their epitaphs:
![From the 'Oxford Sausage': 'Epitaph to the pie-house memory of Nell Batchelor, an Oxford Pye-Woman.'](../../img/2018/01/os_e1_708x799.jpg)
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