New chestnuts and clay mugs
The memory of the party also has flavors.
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In the description of 1956 published by the Museum, the food establishments and tents were filled. Regional wine accompanied new lunches or chestnuts, served in glassy white clay mugs. They are details of a chronicle that brings the fair closer to its daily gestures.
The table appears in the middle of a moving fair. The chronicle evokes groups crossing paths, buses and trains, blankets coming from Barroso and the arrival of people in the Alameda do Seco and the Praça da República. Eating and drinking were part of this meeting, alongside the trade, the religious festival and the livestock contest.
There are two dates to be kept: the quoted text came out in the newspaper in 16 September 1956; the Museum re-disclosed it in 26 September 2024. The excerpt has the expressive language of a chronicle, does not present visitor counts or meals sold. By comparing it with the memory of dried nuts in crops, we discover the same fruit in different occasions and forms of conservation.
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Accessed: . Editorial summary; the date of consultation is not the date of the facts.