Westeros?
One of the fictional continents, in the series "Game of Thrones"
Map depicting kingdoms - Continent of Westeros
Thabana/Sable House
Thabana/Sable House was built in 1902 for the Marx family (Mr Marx was a Randlord). It has an impressive wooden staircase with stained-glass windows. It is currently used as a Hostel for Jeppe High School for Boys.
Interesting coincidence
Thabana - Sesotho for 'the little hill'. The current Head of Boarding and the Head of Sable House is Mr Bryan Hillock.
Hillock Name Meaning
English and Scottish: topographic name for someone living on a small hill, Middle English hilloc, hillok.
What does Westeros and Sable House have in common?
Answer: Milk of the poppy
The Lords of Westeros and the RandLords of Sable/Thabana House all used "milk of the poppy" at some stage while living there.
Randlords
'Capitalists who controlled the diamond and gold mining industries in South Africa in its pioneer phase from the 1870s up to World War I)'
MILK OF THE POPPY = LAUDANUM
'Laudanum is a tincture (elixir) of opium containing approximately 10% powdered opium by weight (the equivalent of 1% morphine). Laudanum is prepared by dissolving extracts from the opium poppy (Papaver somniferum Linnaeus) in alcohol (ethanol).'
If you watched the series 'Game of Thrones', you will remember grand Maester Pycelle treating Jon Arryn's fatal illness with milk of the poppy.
Quotes
The maester poured a slow trickle down his throat. Tyrion swallowed, scarcely tasting. Too late, he realized the liquid was milk of the poppy. By the time the maester removed the funnel from his mouth, he was already spiralling back to sleep.
—thoughts of Tyrion Lannister
'Called the ‘aspirin of the nineteenth century,’ laudanum was a popular painkiller and relaxant used by the 'Victorians'. Laudanum was their favourite drug. Recommended for all sorts of ailments including coughs, rheumatism, ‘women’s troubles’ and also, perhaps most disturbingly, as a soporific for babies and young children. And as twenty or twenty-five drops of laudanum could be bought for just a penny, it was also affordable.'
I found this photograph online (antique bottle of Laudanum with a paper label)
In Victorian times they gave babies Opium!!!
Sources:https://gameofthrones.fandom.com/wiki/Milk_of_the_poppy
https://awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/Milk_of_the_poppy
https://www.jeppeboys.co.za/about-us/history/
https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Laudanum-is-a-mixture-of-opium-and-alcohol-It-was-very-widely-used-as-can-be-seen-in_fig15_331609126
http://victorian-era.org/laudanum-addiction-in-victorian-times.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laudanum
https://www.vintagehairstyling.com/bobbypinblog/2011/12/handkerchief-history.html
https://themusaeum.wordpress.com/2017/09/04/the-geography-of-game-of-thrones/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randlord
https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/Opium-in-Victorian-Britain/
https://za.pinterest.com/pin/265782815481056671/
https://www.pressreader.com/south-africa/saturday-star-south-africa/20120324/282540130295662
https://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=hillock#:~:text=English%20and%20Scottish%3A%20topographic%20name,%2C%20Middle%20English%20hilloc%2C%20hillok.
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