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Eating Your Auntie is Wrong
Stephen Arnott
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Description for Eating Your Auntie is Wrong
Paperback. Presents hilarious and astounding customs from different culture and age. Crossing continents and centuries, this book offers information about various kinds of bizarre regional customs - from sexual practices to the received wisdom on cannibalism - that could save you from embarrassing local faux pas while travelling. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: JHBT; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 164 x 13. Weight in Grams: 116.
Crossing continents and centuries Stephen Arnott brings us invaluable information about all kinds of bizarre regional customs - from sexual practices to the received wisdom on cannibalism - that could save you from embarrassing local faux pas while travelling.
Did you know that amongst the Tartars, relations of the bride and bridegroom would traditionally divide into two groups and fight each other until some had suffered bleeding wounds? It was thought that causing blood to flow in this way would ensure the couple had strong sons; or that in Hungary, a cure for infertility was to beat a ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Ebury Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780091892418
SKU
V9780091892418
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-1
About Stephen Arnott
Stephen Arnott is the author of Now Wash Your Hands! a cultural history of the toilet, and The Languid Goat is Always Thin, a collection of the world's strangest proverbs and Sex: A User's Guide. Born in Jamaica, he currently lives in South London with his partner and daughter.
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