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  1. Daily Term of Venery @[email protected] ·

    A group of #ruffs is called a hill.
    A hill of ruffs.

    #TermsOfVenery #AnimalGroupNames #animals #wildlife #nature #english #AnimalGroupingNouns #trivia #fun #words #birds #ruff

    #ruffs #termsofvenery #animalgroupnames #animals #wildlife #nature
  2. Tamsin Lewis @[email protected] ·

    @histodons @histodon

    This verse of the #17thCentury #Ballad 'Christmas Lamentation' condemns the use of starch (yellow or otherwise) for setting #ruffs and other linens – using a foodstuff for decorating clothes has pushed up the price of corn (wheat) , causing a #costofliving crisis.

    youtube.com/watch?v=LCNuQiv-3R

    #earlymodern #17thCenturyClothing #FashionHistory #HistoryofFashion #earlymusic #SeventeenthCentury #SeventeenthCenturySong

    #17thcentury #ballad #ruffs #costofliving #earlymodern #17thcenturyclothing