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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