Canterbury Pilgrim Scavenger Hunt- Part II
English 4 AP / Mrs. Ramos
Identify the pilgrim in each description. Pilgrims will be used multiple times.
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Physician Wife of Bath Parson Plowman
Miller Manciple Reeve Summoner
Pardoner Host Narrator
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Narrator
Says he’s only ‘reporting’ what happens and is not responsible for off-color stories.
Chaucer.
Very interested in people.
Host
Named Harry Bailey.
Large and in-charge.
Served the best food in Cheapside.
Pardoner
A seller of indulgences / pardons.
Had greasy yellow hair.
Seemed to be a man but might have been either castrated or a woman.
Had fake religious relics.
A persuasive “salesman”.
Traveled with the Summoner.
Summoner
Had bad skin, bad breath, and bad manners.
Rides with the Pardoner.
Wears a huge flower wreath.
Brings people to church court to pay for their moral sins.
Reeve
Manager of an estate.
Thin and sickly.
A very precise supervisor.
Clean-shaven and bald on the top of his head.
Manciple
In charge of the purchase and storage of food and supplies for an estate or institution.
Smarter than the lawyers he served.
An expert on commerce and bartering.
Miller
Grinds grain into meal or flour.
Large, strong, angry, dirty and mean.
Takes advantage of his customers.
Has a huge mouth and uses it to yell and tell dirty stories.
Plowman
Brother of the Parson.
Tills fields for a living.
Peaceful, honest, and helpful.
Parson
Traveling with the Plowman.
A minister / priest who takes good care of his parishioners and is a good example to them.
Travels to people who need help.
Is practical and good-natured.
Wife of Bath
Deaf.
A maker of cloth, especially handkerchiefs.
Wears bright red stockings.
Has traveled many other pilgrimages.
Wants to be the first to give a church offering.
Gap-toothed and merry.
Experienced in love and marriage.
Physician
Uses astronomy, drugs, and the humours.
Loved money so much that he stole it from the pockets of dead people.
A man of science, not religion.
Wears blue and red silk taffeta garments.