greenleejw,

Some dating advice, friends: mind your eel.

The 16th C composer Thomas Whythorne wrote that maids go for looks, but widows have...um...other priorities. To court an experienced woman, he said, you "must not carry quick eels in your codpiece, but show some proof of being stiff." #eels #history #medieval #datingadvice

ClaireFromClare,
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Follow @greenleejw for as well as - one for you @FediFollows?
(*Also to marvel at the historic importance of & lament how few survive nowadays...)
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