Some time ago I opined that the folk song Donegal Danny contained an erroneous lyric, e.g., “the cries of drowning men.” At the time I snarkily mentioned that the only sound thatI thought drowning men would make was, “glub.” Well, it turns out that I am right. There is an excellent article at Slate called ‘Drowning […]
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“We know the fat content of elephant seal milk, for example. (It’s basically fatty fat with fat sauce.)” –from an article on Slate.com on the history of wet-nursing.