Posted by Lyn on July 15, 2006 at 01:43:05 from 207.200.116.66 user LynMellone.
In Reply to: Bran-tub? posted by Pam Adams on July 14, 2006 at 16:19:12:
I was just re-reading Ransome's "Swallows and Amazons: How It Came to be Written" from the TARS Literary Pages. In it Ransome says of the Altounyans (in their disguise as "Walkers") that "They are the sort of children who would put to sea in a bran-tub if they had nothing better."
I was wondering exactly what a bran-tub is myself, so thanks for posting your question.