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I just read this and pulled it from an opinion article about the war in Ukraine. This bit of history was written to set up the opinion. Ive wondered where that phrase cutting off your nose to spite your face came from - now, I know, if this is indeed truth. In 867AD, Æbbe the Younger, Mother Superior of the convent at Coldingham, in Scotland, cut off her nose and upper lip and urged her fellow nuns to also disfigure themselves. It wasn’t for sacrificial reasons; it was because Viking raiders had landed nearby and the Abbess feared they would rape the community and deprive them of their chastity. By destroying their appearance, Mother Æbbe, correctly, guessed the Nordic marauders would show no interest. She was right - the Vikings were so disgusted that they burned the entire convent to the ground.
Posted on: Thu, 04 Dec 2014 02:34:42 +0000

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