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[107]           Godsibb is an old English word, made of God and sibb, (which comes from the German 'Sippe'= close family.)

      Originally used for what we now call 'Godparent,' in the 16th century it took the meaning of describing a person, (usually a woman,) who cherishes idle talk, spreading news, rumours and shallow insights.

 

      (With the evolution of civilisation, these women are nowadays replaced by Yellow Papers.) 

      Women, as we saw in Chapter Eight, footnote 51, were labouring to maintain their homes and families most hours of the day and night, so the only time they could sit, relax and exchange Godsibb, was while attending birthing.

Another angle on birthing.
Artist: Jakob Rüff (1500–1588)

How about you? Do you take time to relax and exchange sweet, useless in formation with friends?

What readers say?

Xaviera Hollander

("The Happy Hooker" and dozen more books):

We've been friends  for almost half a century and enjoyed several of each others' theatrical productions, so reading your memoir of Mrs. Gulliver is a wonderful surprise: so witty, subversive, and yet, arousing... it tickled my mind as well as inspired my G-spot. Highly recommended!

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