LopensLeftArm to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoTIL that a bunch of medieval manuscripts featured illustrations of knights fighting giant snails, and no one knows whywww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square117fedilinkarrow-up1613arrow-down116
arrow-up1597arrow-down1external-linkTIL that a bunch of medieval manuscripts featured illustrations of knights fighting giant snails, and no one knows whywww.bbc.comLopensLeftArm to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square117fedilink
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·11 months agoHe’s not robbing the guy, he’s peeling the skin off his foot(!)
minus-squareThe BartolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·11 months ago he’s peeling the skin off his foot To which he has no ownership of, so he is still robbing him, just not for material objects.
minus-squarethanksforallthefish@literature.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·11 months agoHmm, any connection to the “lucky rabbit’s foot” thing, or is tgat a modern invention ?
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·11 months agoOoh, that’s a good point! Origins apparently go back to 600 BC: https://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2013/12/rabbits-foot-considered-lucky/
He’s not robbing the guy, he’s peeling the skin off his foot(!)
To which he has no ownership of, so he is still robbing him, just not for material objects.
Oh that’s much better.
Hmm, any connection to the “lucky rabbit’s foot” thing, or is tgat a modern invention ?
Ooh, that’s a good point!
Origins apparently go back to 600 BC:
https://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2013/12/rabbits-foot-considered-lucky/