A history of English sexual morals / by Ivan Bloch ; translated by William H. Forstern.

  • Iwan Bloch
Date:
1936
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Credit: A history of English sexual morals / by Ivan Bloch ; translated by William H. Forstern. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    In conclusion we may mention the ' shape test \ remarkable, obscene game, which was described in rhym as follows: The way is this, you stand erect, Your legs together, rayther I expect; Your shape is perfect if a sixpence lies i Between your ankles, calves, your knees and thighs. | Here are four sixpences and I'll begin, I Little Red Riding Hood shall put them in! Not that way, stupid, stand to one side there That everyone may see you do it fair. Observe, I keep them firmly one and all; I bet that you and others let them fall. The ' Festival of Fools ', with its sexual excesses, which was a custom of the Middle Ages, was in England connected with the personality of the ' Lord of Disrule ', who was supposed to conduct these festivals, which took place in and around the church. [630]