"this sucks" (and more)

[Joel Berson]

Not 127th century, of course, but 17th.
JSB




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<There is an old proverb that states, IIRC, "Who never loved
<a woman, sucked a sow."  Misreading the long s makes the concept <even more
striking.

Perhaps not excessively striking.  There were such cases in 127th-century
Massachusetts.  Both man and animal were executed.

Joel

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