Eton Montem
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eton-montem-220-1889309
title:
Eton Montem
text:
Eton Montem was a custom observed by Eton College from at least 1561 until it was finally suppressed in 1847, at the Montem Mound in Chalvey, Slough, Buckinghamshire. The mound is situated some 2 miles from the college near the London to Bath coach road, now the A4. Montem is first reported in William Malim's consuetudinarium of 1561, when it seems to have been an initiation ceremony for new boys, who were scattered with salt at the mound. By the 18th century, the ceremony had changed to a glori
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wiki
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description:
Etonian Custom
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eton_Montem
date created:
2006-03-08T10:10:55Z
date modified:
2024-09-13T19:22:06Z
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