Traditions
The choir is an institution with several interesting traditions. Although the choir has existed for more than 500 years many of these have emerged in the last 25 years. There are two exceptions to this, the first being the use of red cassocks. This is an honour only open to choirs of royal foundation. The second is the Bass Curry, first recorded by John Milton (an alumnus of the college) who described 'Basse Currie' as when 'the singing-men of the quire do joine to delight in curried mutton and also in mulberrie chutnie; a joyful repast'. This text is very highly disputed. It has been suggested, although there is no evidence for this, that Milton's mysterious rustication from Cambridge may have been due to irreligious acts (hardly in keeping with his training for religious ministry) carried out at said 'Basse Currie'.
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“And all the great traditions of the Past
They saw reflected in the coming time.
And thus forever with reverted look
The mystic volume of the world they read,
Spelling it backward, like a Hebrew book,
Till life became a Legend of the Dead.”
—Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1809–1882)
“Napoleon never wished to be justified. He killed his enemy according to Corsican traditions [le droit corse] and if he sometimes regretted his mistake, he never understood that it had been a crime.”
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