My March 2023 issue of Theology & a Recipe deals with “Miss Marple’s Low Anthropology”… which was, of course, a transparent excuse for going back and re-reading all the Miss Marple stories and novels. And, as I’ve documented before, Agatha’s trickily plain prose once again expanded my visual vocabulary. Hence, these fruits of my re-reading for your enjoyment.
cromlech
kistvaen
trencher salts
Shetland shawl
lace fichu (worn around the neck)
Limerick Aubusson carpet
fascinator shawl (not to be confused with a fascinator hat, like British aristocratic ladies wear to royal weddings)
stratocruiser
fumed oak revolving bookcase
Dresden china shepherdess
lampblack
prim gate
Easton’s syrup, a nerve tonic made with strychnine… um, what??? Notice that the label literally says “sugar-coated poison.”
Ronuk, “the original floor polish”
charabanc
bowfronted façade
matinée coat
For Agatha fans only, check out my previous posts, “What I Learned from Agatha Christie, Part 1: Every Novel Is a Mystery Novel” and “What I Learned from Agatha Christie, Part 3: What Would Happen Thereafter.”
