[Sca-cooks] "Heart's Ease"

[Laura C. Minnick]

At 11:48 PM 4/3/03 -0600, you wrote:
>Glenda commented:
>> And don't even get me started on Jenny Pluck Pairs or parts of Newcastle
- I
>> see the main reason that one the ladies/gents are put to the middle and the
>> other dances/ prances around is to check out the talent. We have a lovely
>> time with Jenny Pluck Pairs - the men caper like silly capering things,
>> showing off like no-one's business, and the girls dance quite demurely, but
>> nevertheless showing off their 'assets'.
>
>Oh! I thought that dance was "Jenny Pluck Pears"! But I guess there could be
>multiple meanings to that, also.

Oh ya...

Pears are used in art and literature to indicate sexual interest and
availability, as well as fecundity. if a woman desires pears, it may mean
that she's uh, er, _hungry_, that's it. Or that she's already pregnant. It
is significant that May in Chaucer's Merchant's Tale climbs into a pear
tree to meet her lover, after telling her old husband that she craved pears.

Pay attention, and when you see or hear mention of pears, check out the
context. Someone's up to... you know. ;-D)

'Lainie
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