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The Anglo-Saxons

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Anglo-Saxon pastimes

Anglo-Saxon feasts
Feasts were held in the lord's hall. During the winter months everyone who was loyal to the lord would gather around the fire for a feast. At a feast people would eat roast meats, bread and fruit and drink beer or mead, a drink made from honey.

An Anglo-Saxon feast.  Anglo-Saxon drinking horns.

People often drank too much, so feasts would sometimes end in fights!


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