medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
I was recently told of a belief, said to be medieval, according to which when a woman was pregnant she would make a special cheese that would mature in 9 months. When the baby was born, the family would eat the cheese and pass the child through the empty rind. (No mention of why the cheese is said to "groan".)
This sounds suspicious to me on many levels, but has anyone heard of anything remotely similar?
Meg
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