Re: What’s the origin of the gingerbread man?, Wikipedia has the Grantham angle at Grantham. The town and 1740 mark the origin of modern white gingerbread.
Re: What’s the origin of the gingerbread man?, Wikipedia has the Grantham angle at Grantham. The town and 1740 mark the origin of modern white gingerbread.
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