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So i guess that's where the shorted version "freezing my balls off" comes from.Hudler wrote:The old saying "It's cold enough to freeze the balls off of a brass monkey" came from the British Navy. If you've ever seen cannonballs stacked in a triangle shape on the deck of an old wooden British sailing ship, they have a rack under them called the monkey. In really cold weather the metal would contract enough that all the cannonballs would roll off.
True.
So that's where the phrase 'Colder than a witches t*t comes from.According to witch-hunters during the height of the witch trials (c. 1645), the witches’ mark (also called a witches' teat) indicated that an individual was a witch. The witches' mark, witches' teat, and the devil's mark are all terms applied to essentially the same mark. The beliefs about the mark differ depending on the trial location and the accusation made against the witch. Evidence of the witches’ mark is found earliest in the 16th century, and reached its peak in 1645, then essentially disappeared by 1700.[1] The Devil's mark was believed to be the permanent marking of the Devil on his initiates to seal their obedience and service to him. He created the mark by raking his claw across their flesh, or by making a blue or red brand using a hot iron. Sometimes, the mark was believed to have been left by the Devil licking the individual. The Devil was thought to mark the individual at the end of nocturnal initiation rites.[2]
why is it cold?Leroy wrote:Our Lit teacher put this out there:
So that's where the phrase 'Colder than a witches t*t comes from.According to witch-hunters during the height of the witch trials (c. 1645), the witches’ mark (also called a witches' teat) indicated that an individual was a witch. The witches' mark, witches' teat, and the devil's mark are all terms applied to essentially the same mark. The beliefs about the mark differ depending on the trial location and the accusation made against the witch. Evidence of the witches’ mark is found earliest in the 16th century, and reached its peak in 1645, then essentially disappeared by 1700.[1] The Devil's mark was believed to be the permanent marking of the Devil on his initiates to seal their obedience and service to him. He created the mark by raking his claw across their flesh, or by making a blue or red brand using a hot iron. Sometimes, the mark was believed to have been left by the Devil licking the individual. The Devil was thought to mark the individual at the end of nocturnal initiation rites.[2]
Well, according to our professor (I was thinking the article mentioned it), the mark was a black wart or maybe a birth mark. It was believed that the wart was a pathway to hell, which was very cold for whatever reason.clevername wrote:why is it cold?Leroy wrote:Our Lit teacher put this out there:
So that's where the phrase 'Colder than a witches t*t comes from.According to witch-hunters during the height of the witch trials (c. 1645), the witches’ mark (also called a witches' teat) indicated that an individual was a witch. The witches' mark, witches' teat, and the devil's mark are all terms applied to essentially the same mark. The beliefs about the mark differ depending on the trial location and the accusation made against the witch. Evidence of the witches’ mark is found earliest in the 16th century, and reached its peak in 1645, then essentially disappeared by 1700.[1] The Devil's mark was believed to be the permanent marking of the Devil on his initiates to seal their obedience and service to him. He created the mark by raking his claw across their flesh, or by making a blue or red brand using a hot iron. Sometimes, the mark was believed to have been left by the Devil licking the individual. The Devil was thought to mark the individual at the end of nocturnal initiation rites.[2]