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[โ€“] PugJesus 13 points 18 hours ago

Explanation: Lupercalia was an ancient Roman festival celebrated on February 15th. In it, after the priests made the public sacrifice to the gods...

...many of the noble youths and of the magistrates run up and down through the city naked, for sport and laughter striking those they meet with shaggy thongs. And many women of rank also purposely get in their way, and like children at school present their hands to be struck, believing that the pregnant will thus be helped in delivery, and the barren to pregnancy.

Kinky!

[โ€“] ekZepp 9 points 18 hours ago