“A fantod when it foamed”

David Staunton remembers Grandfather Staunton, “powerful but dim” in his grandson’s past:


Robertson Davies, The Manticore (1972).

Eno’s was and is (as Eno, no possessive) a real antacid. Its main ingredients (at least in our time): sodium bicarbonate, sodium carbonate, and citric acid. Here’s some history. And an advertisement:


[The Illustrated London News, June 9, 1923. Click for a much larger view.]

So now I can add Robertson Davies to my small list of writers and artists who speak fantod.

Other Robertson Davies posts
“Fellows of the first importance” : “Visible branch establishments” : “Like a duck to water” : “A designer and a manufacturer” : “The intrepid Orph” : “The socks-shorts moment” : Wealth, illusion, corruption