SC - Re: table eating utensils
CorwynWdwd at aol.com
CorwynWdwd at aol.com
Sun Mar 26 16:36:08 PST 2000
In a message dated 3/26/2000 4:45:38 PM Eastern Standard Time,
Mordonna22 at aol.com writes:
> In a message dated 3/26/2000 2:04:40 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
> RuddR at aol.com writes:
>
> << So it seems as
> though the Islamic stricture against eating with the left hand did not
> apply
> in medieval Christendom. Perhaps the custom of public hand washing
before
> dinner had something to do with this.
> >>
> Or perhaps it was another case of wanting to be as different as possible
> from
> the "enemy"
Or maybe we're just filthy, unwashed, uneducated Europeans?
Corwyn
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