hihi24522@lemm.ee to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoTIL about the ritual of "sin eating"en.m.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square31linkfedilinkarrow-up1124arrow-down13
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minus-squareClay_pidginlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·5 months agoIn Master and Commander, the first book in the Aubrey-Maturin series by Patrick O’Brian, a former sin eater is abused by his shipmates out of prejudice. It’s an interesting subplot in an excellent book.
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minus-squareClay_pidginlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·5 months agoThe Royal Navy hated pirates, but I count them among my shipmates.
In Master and Commander, the first book in the Aubrey-Maturin series by Patrick O’Brian, a former sin eater is abused by his shipmates out of prejudice. It’s an interesting subplot in an excellent book.
https://readerslibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/Master-and-Commander.pdf
The Royal Navy hated pirates, but I count them among my shipmates.