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No slap an' tickle o' the wenches

  • 24-08-2019 6:58pm
    #1
    Ubbquittious
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,292 ✭✭✭


    Anyone know the origin of this?
    Is it legit or something that was invented long after 1786 for divilment purposes? I am guessing divilment but wouldn't be completely sure







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  • #2
    SEPT 23 1989
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43,028 ✭✭✭✭SEPT 23 1989


    Paradise lost


  • #3
    L1011
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 71,184 ✭✭✭✭L1011


    Definitely "modern" (could be Victorian even) fake.


  • #4
    Redneck Reject
    Closed Accounts Posts: 587 ✭✭✭Redneck Reject


    I would say it is to keep criminality to a minimum. Much like in the Old West in America where you had to surrender your guns and agree to a code of conduct. Like in certain famous towns like Dodge City, Tombstone. and Silver City.


  • #5
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    Even more modern than Victorian. It's a common enough poster on the walls of pubs in England.


  • #6
    Plopsu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 671 ✭✭✭Plopsu


    Fourpence?? They can ask me sh*te!


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  • #7
    JohnnyFlash
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    Sounds boring enough.


  • #8
    Charles Babbage
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    Plenty of pubs rely on the trade of skulking loafers.


  • #9
    Hector Savage
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,809 ✭✭✭Hector Savage


    The good old days, where you could just be honest ...


  • #10
    Stevieluvsye
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,907 ✭✭✭Stevieluvsye


    Hector Savage wrote: »
    The good old days, where you could just be honest ...

    When you were more likely to see a witch than a gay person


  • #11
    Your Face
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,275 ✭✭✭Your Face


    Stevieluvsye wrote: »
    When you were more likely to see a witch than a gay person

    Well it does state "No cockfighting"


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  • #12
    Rufeo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 503 ✭✭✭Rufeo


    What is a wench anyway?


  • #13
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    Rufeo wrote: »
    What is a wench anyway?

    A misprint. They meant a type of spanner.


  • #14
    blade1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,611 ✭✭✭✭blade1


    Rudy Petite Dean wrote: »
    A misprint. They meant a type of spanner.

    So no playing with your tool in there so? :)


  • #15
    touts
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,589 ✭✭✭touts


    Ubbquittious wrote: »
    Anyone know the origin of this?
    Is it legit or something that was invented long after 1786 for divilment purposes? I am guessing divilment but wouldn't be completely sure







    3804317961_b77b9ecce6_b.jpg

    Modern fake done up on Word and designed to fool half drunk patrons into believing the pub they are in has centuries of history even though they have a half memory of it being a Woolworth back when they were a kid.


  • #16
    topper75
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,942 ✭✭✭topper75


    From wiki:
    A fakir, or faqir, derived from faqr is a Sufi Muslim ascetic who has taken vows of poverty and worship, renouncing all relations and possessions. Fakirs are prevalent in the Middle East and South Asia. A fakir is thought to be self-sufficient and possesses only the spiritual need for God.

    Yeah, I don't think I'd like them plaguing me and I trying to enjoy my quiet pint. Fair call I say.


  • #17
    Badly Drunk Boy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,808 ✭✭✭Badly Drunk Boy


    topper75 wrote: »
    From wiki:
    A fakir, or faqir, derived from faqr is a Sufi Muslim ascetic who has taken vows of poverty and worship, renouncing all relations and possessions. Fakirs are prevalent in the Middle East and South Asia. A fakir is thought to be self-sufficient and possesses only the spiritual need for God.

    Yeah, I don't think I'd like them plaguing me and I trying to enjoy my quiet pint. Fair call I say.
    T.S. Eliot:
    Macavity, Macavity, there's no one like Macavity,
    He's broken every human law, he breaks the law of gravity.
    His powers of levitation would make a fakir stare,
    And when you reach the scene of crime - Macavity's not there!

    They could supposedly levitate'n'stuff...


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