Comedy, the Canon, and Medieval Women's Wit

Sue Niebrzydowski

Comedy, the Canon, and Medieval Women's Wit

Sue Niebrzydowski

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Abstract

A crowd of women walk into a tavern. On getting their ale, one says to the others, "My husband's merchandise is so small that it's the size of a snail, and getting smaller every day." Her friend replies, "Mine's so small that even when stiff, it's only the length of three beans," while a third admits that her little finger is longer than her man's erection.

Original language	English
Article number	774611
Pages (from-to)	325-336
Number of pages	11
Journal	Studies in the Age of Chaucer
Volume	42
Publication status	Published - 3 Dec 2020

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medieval women

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Comedy, the Canon, and Medieval Women's Wit

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