In Carnevale in Italy, in the 19th century, revelers would toss sugarplums. However, because sugar was an expensive luxury in these days, throwing confetti soon took on a dark connotation: It was not uncommon for revelers to replace sweets with plaster balls, bones, and stones. Even up until the 19th century, then, there was a strong argument to make that throwing confetti was just a slightly less malevolent way of stoning someone.
Posted on: Mon, 05 May 2014 09:01:37 +0000
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