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THE DOCTOR'S SON
THE FALCONER'S SON
THE VARLET'S CHILD
THE VILLEIN'S DAUGHTER
THE KNIGHT'S SON
100
My father is a noble lord's physician, who am I
Who is Thomas?
100
a bird of prey, about the size of a crow
What is a sparrowhawk
100
the name of the Varlet's child
Who is Lowdy
100
the Villein's daughter
who is Mogg
100
is known as the knight's son
Who is Simon
200
An egg white makes a good dressing because
What is it is sterile
200
where hunting birds were housed in a stable
What are mews
200
a stew that poor people threw whatever they had into the pot and hoped for the best
What is pottage
200
a villein was a peasant who could be bought and sold like one of these
What is slave
200
Simons grandfather fought in the Crusades with this man
Who is Richard the Lion-Heart
300
keeping the four humors in balance depended on
What is good health
300
this sport was popular among monks and nuns
What is hawking
300
Lowdy says, "In the blankets of our beds, nibbling our buttocks, and the backs of our knees"
What are fleas
300
this type of worm blocks the trachea of a chicken, the bird looks as if they're choking to death
What is a roundworm
300
Simon would become this because there is no money
What is a monk
400
melancholic, sanguine, choleric, and phlegnatic
What are the four humors
400
it was said to calm the bird in the early stages of taming to have the eyelids this way
What is sewn shut or 'seeled'
400
Lowdy scrapes away these when they crawl across the cheese
What are maggots
400
Villeins were bound by law to grind their grain at this mill
What is the lord's mill
400
how many times a day would Simon have to pray
What is seven times a day
500
hectic, pestilential, daily or quotidian, tertian, and quartan
What are five kinds of fevers
500
this word is a term from falconry, it refers to a nestling
What is callow
500
this word is pronounced to rhyme with thatch, it refers to both a hunting dog with a strong sense of smell and to a female dog
What is brach
500
this word is described as meaning when a villein dies, the lord has the right to his most valuable piece of livestock
What is heriot
500
at what age according to Simon, did he know he would be a knight
What is four or five years old