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Margie
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Petra - itchy feet bored with the Caribbean island
Petra - itchy feet bored with the Caribbean island
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The Time Traveller's Guide to Regency Britain by Ian Mortimer
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"On page 150, Wife Sales. Not in Jane Austen's books! "Possibly the most extreme examples of the ritual humiliation of women are the hundreds of wife sales that take place around the country. The rules vary from region to region but generally they conform to the following pattern. First there should be some prior announcement of the impending sale either by means of a town crier or a printed poster." Continued in first comment." — 5 hours, 9 min ago