> > From: Jane Connolly [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> >
> > I guess that rather than asking if you know of examples of
> > epilepsy/seizures as divine punishment, I should ask for examples of
> > eating/swallowing/biting the tongue as punishment for speaking ill. Any
> > ideas?
> >
> This probably isn't exactly what you were looking for, but it may
> trigger some thoughts.
Somewhere at home, I have a book of reproductions of illuminated mss. one of
whose pictures shows (graphically) a young man biting his tongue off to
avoid succombing to the wiles of a beautiful temptress. In fact, the
author/editor waggishly says that "as he felt temptation rising in him," or
some such double entendre.
Kwildchild
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