The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #141531   Message #3258309
Posted By: BTNG
16-Nov-11 - 03:10 PM
Thread Name: BS: Tiddlywinks: effete, jejeune, outre!
Subject: RE: BS: Tiddlywinks: effete, jejeune, outre!
Ahhh the much publicised 1900 "Reaping" incident, I believe it took place in Battersea Park and involved....no wait that was some thing else altogether...I know it involved an exchange of monies, something about keeping quiet about the whole thing till the child was of a legal age and could tiddle its own wink, at least that's how it was translated in the French press of the day