When King Alfred burnt the Cakes | Alfred the Great of Wessex

The story of King Alfred burning the cakes is well-known. It is a staple tale told to English children where Alfred is on the run from the Vikings and hides in the home of a peasant woman. The woman asks Alfred to watch her bread cakes baking by the fire, but distracted by problems in his kingdom, the cakes burn and she scolds him.
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[@self-studyenglisheveryday3952]

Good content Ulysses F.

[@self-studyenglisheveryday3952]

Always interesting ☝🏻👏🏻

[@justjosie1163]

Time can never diminish the reverence this true hero deserves. Humble, brave, intelligent, cunning, and knowing how to appear to yield in order to secure final victory. God Bless the King! Thank you for a beautiful presentation, as always. Best wishes to you.

[@UlyssesFiles]

Hi Josie it’s great to see your comment and the 1st, to wit… Yes, always loved the story of Alfred. Finest English king 👑

[@justjosie1163]

@@UlyssesFiles Yes, if only we had the likes of him today. Hope you have a great day. I needed this video today. 🙏

[@UlyssesFiles]

@@justjosie1163thanks - hope your weekend is a good one ☝🏻 Josie 🍻 and chat soon 🙌🏻

[@thaoluongthi467]

Great effort 🎉

[@user-ix6eq3su1n]

V nice 🎉

[@user-hz9hn1gr2h]

Really great video and great footage

[@UlyssesFiles]

Thanks 😊🍻

[@thaoluongthi467]

Nice appreciated this 1 🎉🎉🎉

[@UlyssesFiles]

Thank you 😊

[@ansfridaeyowulfsdottir8095]

He was going to be a priest, but historical events overtook him. {:o:O:}

[@TrangNguyen-yn8yt]

love it

[@greiginvietnam]

a time of history I would never like to live in.

[@UlyssesFiles]

Tough times for sure…

[@ansfridaeyowulfsdottir8095]

Alfred never burned no cakes. And Robert the Bruce never watched no spider. {:o:O:}

[@UlyssesFiles]

Exactly 😆🤣

[@ansfridaeyowulfsdottir8095]

@@UlyssesFiles I like decent history channels, especially ancient to medieval history. I particularly like those that show images and film footage, rather than just talk. So I've subbed. {:o:O:}

[@UlyssesFiles]

Ah thanks so much really appreciate that. Your tastes in history docus is the same as mine btw 🙌🏻🍻

[@crocodiledundee8685]

If we’re doing a series on Medieval History than you should definitely do a video on the German knight/mercenary Gotz von Berlichingen aka ‘The Knight With The Iron Hand’ as he fits the channels description of being both interesting & quirky.

[@UlyssesFiles]

Ah yes such an interesting character he was. He lived a long life too 🍻

[@UlyssesFiles]

From time to time it’s nice to delve into something a little different, then get back to the staple stuff hihi. Looking at several characters at moment (including yours ☝🏻) 🙌🏻🍻

[@UlyssesFiles]

Harry Murray, Albert Jacka, Charlie McCallum, Sir John Monash… All Aussies. We’ve done the prelim research. Which one ☝🏻 for the next video?

[@crocodiledundee8685]

@@UlyssesFiles Mad Harry. He’s the most decorated Commonwealth soldier of WW1 and he had just an insane war.

[@UlyssesFiles]

I thought you’d go for him. Great choice we’ll go for Mad Harry then 🍻