Limerick: Once Queer Duke Insisted On Serf Thigh Rights

Limerick : Once ***** Duke insisted on Serf Thigh rights Once ***** Duke insisted on Serf Thigh rights* So bridegrooms replaced brides on first nights: Droit de cuissage* then free Duchess claimed repartee – Since newly-weds rush to castle in tights! • In European feudal societies during the Middle Ages and thereafter in succeeding centuries, it is thought that the Lord of the Manor or Seigneur of the Serfdom arrogated for himself the Droit de cuissage, i.e. the right to sleep with the bride of a serf on the wedding night. © T. Wignesan – Paris, 2014