@LopensLeftArm@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year agoTIL that a bunch of medieval manuscripts featured illustrations of knights fighting giant snails, and no one knows whywww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square118fedilinkarrow-up1598arrow-down116
arrow-up1582arrow-down1external-linkTIL that a bunch of medieval manuscripts featured illustrations of knights fighting giant snails, and no one knows whywww.bbc.com@LopensLeftArm@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square118fedilink
minus-square@thanksforallthefish@literature.cafelinkfedilinkEnglish5•1 year agoHmm, any connection to the “lucky rabbit’s foot” thing, or is tgat a modern invention ?
minus-square@jordanlund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish5•1 year agoOoh, that’s a good point! Origins apparently go back to 600 BC: https://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2013/12/rabbits-foot-considered-lucky/
Hmm, any connection to the “lucky rabbit’s foot” thing, or is tgat a modern invention ?
Ooh, that’s a good point!
Origins apparently go back to 600 BC:
https://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2013/12/rabbits-foot-considered-lucky/