[Sca-cooks] OT, OOP request for Tudor gruesome facts and insults

[Martin G. Diehl]

Dan Phelps wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gorgeous Muiredach" <muiredach at bmee.net>
> To: <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
> Cc: <hccook at btinternet.com>
> Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2002 6:39 AM
> Subject: [Sca-cooks] OT, OOP request for Tudor
> gruesome facts and insults
>
> Well their ideas of entertainment tended to be a
> bit rough; bull and bear baiting, dog fights,
> public executions,

Geeeee, you forgot broadsides.

Penny sheets sold at executions; music was usually
"Fortune, my Foe", by John Dowland, with lyrics
written especially for the occasion.

BTW, when Dona Ana R de Guzman first told me that
the music "Fortune, my Foe" was associated with
executions, I visualized a handbill,

	"Executioner needed.
	Please supply Experience and References.
	Music ability a plus"

<warning documentation>

http://special.lib.gla.ac.uk/collection/broadside.html
http://www.pages.drexel.edu/~jbc32/thesis.html
http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/ballads/music.html
http://web2.muc.edu/Convo/consort.html

</warning>

> torture, and the less said about Henry VIII's
> matrimonial problems the better.

... and be sure that you don't mention his special
method of bringing humor to a feast:

	hogsheads of wine with floating heads.  <g>

> Regards insults if Shakespeare is a guide there
> were several common themes related to one's
> intelligence or lack there of, ancestry, personal
> habits, and parentage; they ranged from truly
> baroque to the merely scatological.

[restored original question]

> > It's for a history class for 10 year olds.

The good news is that you will help them enjoy
history -- they might even remember every word you say.

The bad news is that their parents may never forget
your name.  <g>

Vincenzo

--
Martin G. Diehl