February 14, 2004
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From Rotten – Feb 14 : The eve of the Roman feast of Lupercalia. Naked youths would run through Rome, anointed with the blood of sacrificed dogs and goats, waving thongs cut from the goats. If a young woman was struck by the thong, fertility was assured. Pope Gelasius I decided this was a bit too much, and co-opted the Roman holiday to be the Feast of St. Valentine in 484 A.D.
I’d like to see the Halmark cards for that one.
Comments (1)
Yeah, isn’t it cute? Our run of Julius Caesar starts the weekend of Lupercalia and ends on March 14. Clever! Clever!
Hope your Lupercalia was bathed in the blood of many goats and consummated with fucking like bunnies!