Dildos, Merkins, And Marigolds
Thursday, January 20th, 2011 -- by Bacchus
Marigolds? Not what you probably think.
Stiff-standing Dildoes did they make
and put in Earthen-Pots;
With other things, a shame to speak
made by these foolish sots;
Which when they shamelessly had done,
they threw them o’re the Wall,
Their honest Neighbour to torment,
and vex her therewithall.
The marigolds? A euphemism for little female genitalia made of cloth, which would be the “other things, a shame to speak” mentioned in the poem.
It’s complicated. Fortunately, it’s all explained at the The Hairpin.
