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To: Rambi who wrote (7453)	2/15/1998 1:12:00 PM
From: Rambi	Read Replies (1) of 71178

WHile helping CW research an English project, I came across the following little tidbit--so just in case you men were bored this Sunday or your Valentine's Day didn't turn out to your satisfaction.... Februarius got its name from a goatskin thong called a februa ("means of purification") and from the Latin verb for its use, februare, meaning to "expiate" or "purify." On the 15th day of this month Romans observed the festival of Lupercalia. During the festival, a februa was wielded by priests who used it to beat women in the belief that it would make a barren woman fertile. However, don't get any silly ideas that the Coven would ever tolerate this kind of behavior. Our thongs can take your goatskin hands down.

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