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LUNCH

Jack was fascinated by words, and the origin of the word lunch is quite interesting. It probably comes from the Middle English word noneschench (none meaning “noon” plus schench meaning “drink”), so originally it seems that lunch would have been a break for a drink in the middle of the day. Nowadays, of course, we make a meal of it. In some parts of the world lunch is the main meal of the day, and many people have a big midday meal on Sundays. At Jack’s Oxford home, The Kilns, lunch was served at one o’clock in the afternoon and was a relatively light meal. In Narnia lunch dishes vary according to the season of the year as well as which creatures are eating it. For Naiads and Dryads, the spirits of waters and trees, lunch would be very different from that enjoyed by Dwarfs or eagles, for example. The lunch suggestions we have used here are, naturally enough, those suitable for us.