SC - Vinegar

BalthazarBlack@aol.com BalthazarBlack at aol.com
Fri Aug 4 08:15:02 PDT 2000


Lee-Gwen Booth wrote:
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From:  Ras
> 
> > ...I once again used my merchant booth as a distribution point 6000
> > condoms were passed out that year...
> 
> But this is hardly period either, Ras.  Unless, I guess, the condoms were
> sheep gut or linen (or were they only used in Johnson's era and not in
> period?  Oddly enough, I don't know much about the history of the condom).
> I think that you are being a bit hypocritical here (not that I disapprove
> what you were doing - but then, I can stand a bit of "unperiod" behaviour at
> events.).

I seem to recall reading that sheepgut prophylactics were invented by
the Egyptians.

Adamantius
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Phil & Susan Troy

troy at asan.com


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