to spike the football

You will enjoy the riches of this forest.

[…] in which the attack that the Christian mob made in 1614 in Frankfurt-am-Main on the Jewish community under the leadership of the cakebaker Vincent Fettmilch is portrayed.

She's a sort of pretend auntie - an old friend of Mummy's. Her real name's Miss Penelope Gill but we always call her Gillie. Don't you ever let her hear you calling her Penelope! said Mrs Lindsay, laughing. She hates the name, though really I can't see why. I suppose it wasn't so fashionable when she was young.