The Constant: A History of Getting Things Wrong
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In 1474, the people of Basel tried, convicted and sentenced to death a rooster, in one of the strangest court cases in history.
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4/24/2022 01:27:15 pm
Great episode, great show in general. I thought you might appreciate this from H.G. Wells' 1936 Science of Life: ""In the year 1474, a remarkable trial took place in the Swiss town of Bale. A barndoor cock had laid an egg. With all due formality, it was tried for witchcraft, sentenced, and publicly burnt. Such sexual aberrations in fowls are not excessively rare. Crowing hens are sufficiently well-known phenomena to figure in a rhymed proverb- "A whistling maid and a crowing hen Are neither fit for God nor men." A bird ceases to lay, her comb enlarges, and she begins to crow. Some go farther and exhibit male behavior--they fight with cocks and pay court to hens. This is not uncommon." p. 568 Leave a Reply. |
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