A dirty joke from the 1400s...
A dirty joke from the 1400s...
In Florence, a young woman, somewhat of a simpleton, was on the point of delivering a baby. She had long been enduring acute pain, and the midwife, candle in hand, inspected her secret area, in order to ascertain if the child was coming. âLook also on the other side,â said the poor creature, âmy husband has sometimes taken that road.â
From âThe Facetiae Or Jocose Tales of Poggioâ, a joke book published in the 1400âs by Poggio Bracciolini