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Elizabethan Cursing Flashcards

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‘sblood

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I curse you by God’s blood

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‘sounds

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I curse you by God’s wounds

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‘snails

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I curse you by God’s nails

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Marry

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corruption of Mary

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bloody

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by our lady

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profaning

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to handle or speak of sacred things in a bad manner

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minced oath

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something is left out

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