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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.
Blog Archive
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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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April
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