Re: how many bastards are there, anyway?

Matthew Rabuzzi (rabuzzi@loc251.tandem.com)
Fri, 06 Sep 1996 10:41:56 -0700

snark@swcp.com> writes:
: What is the derivation of "put the horns on him," in reference to
: cuckolding someone? Is it from a play?

See _Gestures: Their Origins and Distribution_, by Desmond Morris et alii (1979)
for a number of theories.

Matthew "Gepetto and Malocchio" Rabuzzi