Thursday, 16 July 2020

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Tersorium.


The Roman sponge on a stick that served the better class of persons as a bum cleaner rather than a few choice pebbles. Used by Military types as a swagger stick, and possible origin of the expression grabbed the wrong end of the stick.

Sterculius


The Roman god of shit. From stercus - manure. He who supervised toilets and fertilising the fields. They really did have a god for everything.

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