The case bears striking resemblance to the later and hugely publicised ‘haunting’ that took place in London’s Cock Lane in 1762, during which some of the greatest minds in London were baffled by scratching sounds and rapped-out ghostly communications issuing from the bed of a child, and which caused much embarrassment when exposed as a fraud. Here at The National Archives, tucked away in the State Papers, is a first-hand account of some of the events that took place in the house in Tedworth (now Tidworth) in the early 1660s. This small and innocuous-looking letter, undated and unsigned, was written by an unknown person who had visited the house to witness the disturbances first hand. The story became renowned, with hordes of visitors apparently descending on the house in hopes of witnessing the supernatural mischief. The story was one of spiritual vengeance – after punishing an ‘idle vagrant’ by confiscating his drum, magistrate Mr John Mompesson had his household bombarded with nuisances of an apparently spiritual nature: unexplained knockings and drumming noises, foul smells, dancing furniture and many other troubling but harmless occurrences that pestered the family for months. What could be more cosily festive than settling down after a good Christmas dinner to listen to a ghost story as darkness falls outside? This Christmas Day will mark 350 years exactly since Samuel Pepys did just that, his wife Elizabeth reading to him the strange tale of a ghostly drummer said to have haunted a family home in Wiltshire a few years previously.
The Diary of Samuel Pepys, 25 December 1667 Mompesson’, which is a strange story of spirits, and worth reading indeed. In any case, National Doughnut Day is indeed so nice that it’s celebrated twice - and it’s not just a sweet case of doughnut-déjà vu.Wife and girl and I alone at dinner – a good Christmas dinner, and all the afternoon at home, my wife reading to me ‘The History of the Drummer of Mr. In her letter, Williams however admits that her husband never revealed any of this to her, but rather that a fellow POW recounted his story to a newspaper. “A few weeks went by, and to everyone’s great surprise, on November 10 the prisoners at Son Tay prison - known for being one of the worst -and also for the failed rescue attempt - were served sticky buns and - Orson was the hero of the day!” his wife claimed. He did this, according to Williams, in the hopes that he and his fellow POWs would be treated to a sticky-bun-like treat that the camp’s captors rarely served. When asked how it was celebrated, Swindle allegedly said people dressed in costumes, attended festivals and, of course, ate doughnuts. 10 - was one of the biggest for Americans. Swindle “pretended to take umbrage,” she said, and falsely claimed that National Doughnut Day - which he said was celebrated on Nov. wasn’t old enough to have any notable holidays of its own. Williams claims that in September of 1969, Swindle was told during an interrogation that the U.S. Marine during the Vietnam War, claimed that her husband “invented” National Doughnut Day when he was a prisoner of war at the Sơn Tây prison camp in Hanoi.
Angie Williams, the wife of Orson Swindle, a U.S. Naval Institute and posted to its official blog, also ties the holiday to America’s servicemen. He believed, however, that it this “mini-holiday” was created by retailers to coincide with Veterans Day.Īnother story, shared with the U.S. John Bryan Hopkins, the founder of Foodimentary, once told that he traced mentions of November’s observance back to the ‘30s, but didn’t know much about its origins. The origins of November’s National Doughnut Day aren’t so well documented. In honor of these “Donut Lassies,” the Salvation Army hosted the first National Doughnut Day in Chicago in 1938. These volunteers would also fry up doughnuts on the front lines, which is said to have helped popularize the treat among returning GIs, according to the Salvation Army. The first National Doughnut Day (in June) can be traced back to the year 1938, when the Salvation Army commemorated a group of volunteers who traveled overseas during WWI to provide support to the troops. But unlike its earlier counterpart, November’s observance is lesser known, lesser celebrated, and arguably lesser understood. National Doughnut Day, a holiday largely celebrated on the first Friday of June, is also observed in early November, usually the 5 th or the 10 th. (NEXSTAR) – No, you’re not experiencing déjà vu.
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