I was reading through descriptions of prisoners in Lancaster gaol, and one of the women is described has having had her ears "bored". I presume that was 18th / 19th century equivalent of pierced! I dread to think how it was done.
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18-02-2021, 10:16 PM #1
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An interesting bit of trivia
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18-02-2021, 11:12 PM #2
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Perhaps she just had uninteresting friends?
"People will not look forward to posterity who never look backward to their ancestors.” Edmund Burke
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19-02-2021, 6:55 AM #3
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19-02-2021, 11:29 AM #4
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I remember my mom telling me that when she was at school the girls used to use a needle but also put a cork on the ear so the needle went through the ear into the cork, or maybe the other way around. Either way can you imagine now with all the Health and Safety stuff!
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19-02-2021, 12:19 PM #5
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