Mar 14 2003

nippy hug day

this year i went out on a limb and got Jeffrey Kacirk’s Forgotten English word-a-day calendar. today, it’s provided a lot of entertainment. see, it’s shawn’s birthday and he got a highly-amusing forgotten english phrase. and, since i love you all, i will share it with you.

tip the velvet: to tongue a woman.

Kissing Friday
On this Friday of Shrove Week, English schoolboys were once entitled to kiss girls in their call without fear of punishment or rejection, a custom that lasted until at least the 1940s. In Sileby, Leicestershire, this day was also known as Nippy Hug Day. There men could demand a kiss from the woman of their choice, but if their petition was denied, they had the right to louse, or pinch, the woman’s posterior– perhaps mimicking the pinching of lice. A related custom permitted a loused woman to be looked upon as the temporary wife of the pincher. In his poem “The Passionate Pilgrim,” Shakespeare putis kissing into perspective:
Were kisses all the joys in bed,
One woman would another wed.

so, who would you kiss without fear of rejection or punishment?

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Posted on Fri, 14 March 2003 at 9:41 am

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heather

jason. jodi. paul. paige. morgan. susane. jeremy. rob. dennis. tyler. mark. dean. derrick.
14 Mar 03 at 10:06 am #
jodi

you’re gonna be busy!
14 Mar 03 at 10:07 am #
dainec

I’m pretty fortunate that I have a husband who accepts kisses anytime and every time.
I kiss my kids, but I’m more of a hugger with everyone else.
14 Mar 03 at 11:23 am #
Wes

>so, who would you kiss without fear of rejection or punishment?

YOU!
15 Mar 03 at 6:29 am #
8bitjoystick.com

Why you my lady
15 Mar 03 at 3:01 pm #
Wes

copycat!
16 Mar 03 at 7:19 am #

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