"Ignorant Tongues, which neither know My faculties nor person, yet will be The Chroniclers of my doing."
William Shakespeare, The famous history of the life of king Henry the eighth (1613).
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A daily calendar of the world's oldest professions
About Me
- Richard Voorhees
- Voorhees' unabridged dictionary of "The World's Oldest Professions" is available on Amazon and at http://www.rgvoorhees.com. Follow him on Twitter @richvoorhees.
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2009
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April
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- Plato on Lyric Poets
- Auctioneers and Architects
- Cooks
- Sword Swallowers
- Heroes and Harvesters
- Big Consulting Practices like Jeeve's
- The Unlearned Bishop
- The Pirates of Gujerat
- The Cheating Charioteer
- Assistant Captain of the Quiver Bearers
- A High Constable, Serjeant, and Two Yeomen
- Doctors, Petty Lawyers, and Theologians
- Smashers
- The Rice Merchant's Strange New Empire
- An Epigram on Physicians
- Plautus on Parasites
- Officers, Serving Maids, and Chimney Sweeps
- Man
- Antiquary
- Mariners
- Grave Robbers
- An Uncouth Figure Playing the Flute
- Net-and-Trident Fighters
- Savants
- A Woman of Independent Means
- Gamblers
- Jailers and Hangmen
- Shakespeare on Chroniclers
- A Butcher and a Waterman
- Gardeners
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