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from all over the place:

1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open it to page 161.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the sentence in your journal along with these instructions.
5. Don't search around and look for the coolest book you can find. Use what's actually next to you.

"Perhaps the non-availability of octopus is what leads Ælfric to translate polipodes by lopystran (lobster) in his Colloquy.

from 'A Second Handbook of Anglo-Saxon Food and Drink Production and Distribution'

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