1340 AD 'In Leicester a man put on a pair of gloves which he found, began to bark like a dog, disease crept from him through whole county'
@thegn69 @irarchaeology Lol, probably best avoided... although maybe it's only gloves that are found, not bought, that are the issue!?
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@caitlinrgreen@irarchaeology good point! Although I shall still be wary of gloves received this Christmas from would be assassins. -
@thegn69@irarchaeology Actually, the annal does make you wonder how old the phrase 'barking mad' actually is... Hmm... *goes to check* -
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@caitlinrgreen it looks like it, although perhaps the meaning is different. One is for crazy and the other futility -
@thegn69 Could be, although author is talking about those who die without true repentance, which might, for him, imply mad foolishness? Hmm! -
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