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Old 07-14-2007, 09:15 PM   #3
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I guess this will reflect poorly on my refined taste and sense of humor, but I always loved the Miller and the Reeve's Tale. Pretty bawdy stuff.
Those are both good tales. The Miller's being a not-so veiled criticism of Medieval European Catholocism with, I think, allusions to Mary, Joseph, and Gabriel.

The Reeve's tale isn't quite as bawdy as the Miller's, but I'll never think of "grinding corn" in quite the same way again!
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