The Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw once said "England and America are two countries ... folks on both sides of the Atlantic. Even bacon, one of the most classic and important breakfast ...

But a nuptial custom referenced by the much wed Wife of Bath has survived from the 12th century to the 21st. The Dunmow Flitch Trials, set for July 9, award a flitch of bacon—half a pig ...

The late Paul V. Bacon '98 also left money to all the employees of his firm, but only $1 to his son. "Father was furious when I ran away from home to live in England," Bacon said. "And he never ...