“Oats. A grain, which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people.”

“If you feed enough oats to the horse, some will pass through to feed the sparrows (referring to "trickle down" economics).”

“Some other facts I picked up:Welsh is an actual, currently used language and our next-door neighbours Angela and Gaenor spoke it. It sounds like Wizard.Baked beans are very popular in England. For breakfast. On toast. On baked potatoes. They can't get enough."American History" is not a subject everywhere.England and Britain and the United Kingdom are not the same thing. England is the country. Britain is the island containing England, Scotland, and Wales. The United Kingdom is the formal designation of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland as a political entity. If you mess this up, you will be corrected. Repeatedly.”

“The war between England and Scotland was in its eighth year and there had been no raid for ten days: it had seemed possible to get married in peace.”

“Trickle-down theory - the less than elegant metaphor that if one feeds the horse enough oats, some will pass through to the road for the sparrows.”

“The fabric of archetypal canon which used to support the average man has given way... [p. 439]”