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Codpiece@feddit.uk to HistoryArtifacts@piefed.social · 16 days ago

Ducking stool, 17th century. Leominster, England.

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Ducking stool, 17th century. Leominster, England.

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Codpiece@feddit.uk to HistoryArtifacts@piefed.social · 16 days ago
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  • Boomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.world
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    Ah, yes, ducking; the Medieval practice of weighing a woman against a duck to see if she’s a witch.

    This was more effective than the previous method of building a bridge out of the woman

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    I am going to call it “fucking stool”, even if I cannot figure out how to fuck it… yet…, /s

    • xia@lemmy.sdf.org
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      FYI: ‘The term “cucking-stool” is older, with written records dating back to the 13th and 14th centuries.’

      • itkovian@lemmy.world
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        New quest unlocked: find a fucking-stool.

        • Machinist@lemmy.world
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          Most stools are fucking stools. Flip em over and they fuck four at a time.

  • StoneyPicton@lemmy.ca
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    Where does the duck go?

    • Codpiece@feddit.ukOP
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      On the water next to the seat as a control.

      • StoneyPicton@lemmy.ca
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        If the woman drowns, she was not a witch. If the duck drowns, it couldn’t have been a real duck. I like it!

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    Stupid autocorrect.

  • Bonus@piefed.social
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    Codpiece, Ducking, what more could this post possibly want?

  • rhythmisaprancer@piefed.social
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    I’ve never heard of this, but interesting that in modern times a somewhat similar device is used over a tank of water to douse one’s boss at a fundraising event.

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