Jellyatrics Jelly Babies Novelty Sweets 180g Fun Gift for Birthdays, Retirements, Graduations, Christmas, Fathers Day, Mothers Day and Many More Celebrations,180 g (Pack of 1)

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In the series by Terry Pratchett, Discworld, the country of Djelibeybi (a pun on "jelly baby", but putatively meaning "Child of the (River) Djel", and possibly derived from Djellaba), is the Discworld's analogue of Ancient Egypt. The main setting of Pyramids, Djelibeybi is about two miles (3200m) wide, along the 150-mile (240km) length of the Djel.

Jelly Babies" are known at least since advertisements by Riches Confectionery Company of 22 Duke Street, London Bridge in 1885, along with a variety of other baby sweets, including "Tiny Totties" and " Sloper’s Babies". [2] But the pricing of these, at one farthing each, suggests that they were very much larger than the modern Jelly Baby. [3]In October 1963, as Beatlemania was breaking out, fans of The Beatles in the United Kingdom pelted the band with jelly babies (or, in the United States, the much harder jelly beans) after it was reported that George Harrison liked eating them. [9] [10] [11] [12]

George Harrison's 1963 plea: stop throwing jelly babies at Beatles". timesonline.co.uk. 14 May 2009 . Retrieved 20 September 2020.a b c d e "Sweet success: Unravelling the Jelly Baby's dark past". BBC. 28 December 2014 . Retrieved 20 September 2020. The introduction of different shapes and names was an innovation, circa 1989, prior to which all colours of jelly baby were a uniform shape. Bassett's Jelly Babies changed in September 2007 to include only natural colours and ingredients. [8] There are many brands of jelly babies, as well as supermarket own brands.