In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
RICKBURNER
Etymology
Noun
rickburner (plural rickburners)
An arsonist who sets fire to hayricks.
Wherever the magistrates interfere, the interference is always fatal; […] afraid of the vengeance of the rickburner, they dare not refuse (even if they wish it) allowance to the pauper.
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