It seems like there are always a ton of birthdays around this time of year. In order to celebrate, I have made this LOL Manuscript Birthday Card™, which I encourage you all to print out to give to your grandmothers or ecclesiastical officials (just to show them that you care). I think the vomiting boar in the lower left hand corner is what really makes this special. Although the belligerent lion and the staggering monkey come in a close second.
The pamphlet is standard Puritan propaganda about the evils of drink, written by "Andrew Jones, a lover of sobriety." Apparently it went through ten editions, although England is not necessarily known for people abstaining from "this swinish and abominable sin."
I think for my next birthday party I'm going to try to recreate this scene, vomit included.
1 comment:
Hmmm...the monkey in this picture looks suspiciously like Opium Monkey. And where's Sir Purrz-a-Lot? I suspect foul play.
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