Before I get to the smutty talk, let me apologize for last Wednesday. I was sick with the ague. Ick. Anyway, this week’s post is about another book although it might be fairer to call it a pamphlet. The Georgian Bawdy House, by Emily Brand.
Here with, my by the moment review:
Oh my god. No. Way. Ewww.
One sexual myth of the early part of the Long 18th Century: amorous embraces could revive the dead. Right. How is that not necrophilia?
Viper-Wine. OK. That’s awesome. Drink viper-wine and you get frisky, even if you’re ::coughcough:: older.
Of course I googled it. Here.
Vinum Viperinum
Viper juice
of dried Vipers two Ounces
of white Wine three Pints
Infuse with a gentle Heat for a Week and then strain the Wine off
There has been some Dispute whether living or dry’d Vipers are best Viper Wine or whether a cold or hot Infusion is preferable. The college here has preferr’d dry’d Vipers and a warm Infusion; but the medicine is not of Consequence enough to be worth disputing about. I believe the Virtues it is pos’d of are very inconsiderable. A Medicine has been advertis’d in Town the Name of Viper Wine which is said to have had very extraordinary Effects such as might be from a Tincture of Cantharides which upon Examination I find it really to be.
Okayyyy.
:::Boggle::: There is a picture of ladies examining dildos, with testicles and hair. Ohmygod.
Oh. Hey. The Duke of Wellington. Boxing. Plenty of Regency era stuff here.
Kitties!!! (It’s a print with fighting cats.)
Oh….. I get it. Very funny. Snort.
My sweet honey, I hope you are to be let with the Lodgings!
No. Sir. I am to be let alone.
Boy, I wish this was on my iPad. Because the font is TINY!
Themed amatory entertainment. Hoo boy. Really? All righty.
Mollyhouses were meeting places for homosexual intercourse.
A lot of this makes me sad. The average age of a London prostitute: 16-24. As with everything, some women were wealthy — while they were still young, but so many other women were just trying to make ends meet.
I will continue with this next week, I think.