• Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    It could be worse…

    Ferret-legging was an endurance test or stunt in which ferrets were trapped in trousers worn by a participant. Also known as put 'em down[2] and ferret-down-trousers,[3] it seems to have been popular among coal miners in Yorkshire, England. Contestants put live ferrets inside their trousers; the winner is the one who is the last to release the animals.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferret-legging

    (No, this isn’t a medieval thing, it originated in the 1970s.)