Joanna Boulter wrote:
> Not according to my info.
>
> 'Squirrel -- medieval symbol of female sexuality', it says in the
> notebook
> where I copied down bits that struck me during a visit to the British
> Library a few years ago.
Iconographia
Her great bushy tail sways like a bustle
on Lillian Russell or Evelyn Nesbit,
and she cocks her head, seductively,
peers over her shoulder, all the while
keeping the acorn stuffed in her mouth,
perhaps a symbol of abundance,
perhaps a sign she has a weight problem.
Ken
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