1930

Poster for a living mermaid

What was the Drypool Feast!?

Most village feasts were associated with the dedication of the parish church. There is a minor feast of title on 1 st

August, St. Peter ad Vincula. The feast was held in the second week of August, and if one makes allowance for the calendar alterations in 1751, the link with the patronal festival will be

seen.

Location

No standardisation

Formal language description

Possibly false accusations

Overplaying or inventing true life stories

Aware of traditional fairy tales

Lower class prestige Affordable

Other attractions – obscurities

British colognes

Lexis

“A person or a thing of no particular or notable type or kind”

“lacking distinctive or interesting characteristics”

Monkey – DarwinismBat – Mouse and a Bird – strange combinationSeal – Victorians saw Seals as mermaid like creatures, cross between a fish and a dog.

Lexis

Very small person or thing

Broadened meaning

‘tasteful’Shows prestige

Small ‘real’ as they don’t want to draw attention to scepticism

Graphology

Main feature of the poster. Used to entice the audience and advertise the show.

Number of different fonts – because of the absence of pictures, it makes the poster more eye catching.

Pragmatics

Social unawareness of deformity.

Shows there is a social hierarchy