Lopen's Left Arm to Today I [email protected]English • 2 years agoTIL that a bunch of medieval manuscripts featured illustrations of knights fighting giant snails, and no one knows whywww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square90fedilinkarrow-up1567cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1567external-linkTIL that a bunch of medieval manuscripts featured illustrations of knights fighting giant snails, and no one knows whywww.bbc.comLopen's Left Arm to Today I [email protected]English • 2 years agomessage-square90fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish11•2 years agoHe’s not robbing the guy, he’s peeling the skin off his foot(!)
minus-squareThe BartolinkfedilinkEnglish9•2 years ago he’s peeling the skin off his foot To which he has no ownership of, so he is still robbing him, just not for material objects.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish6•2 years agoHmm, any connection to the “lucky rabbit’s foot” thing, or is tgat a modern invention ?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•2 years agoOoh, that’s a good point! Origins apparently go back to 600 BC: https://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2013/12/rabbits-foot-considered-lucky/
He’s not robbing the guy, he’s peeling the skin off his foot(!)
To which he has no ownership of, so he is still robbing him, just not for material objects.
Oh that’s much better.
Hmm, any connection to the “lucky rabbit’s foot” thing, or is tgat a modern invention ?
Ooh, that’s a good point!
Origins apparently go back to 600 BC:
https://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2013/12/rabbits-foot-considered-lucky/