Five guineas was enough for any "Jack Rag or Tom Straw" to complete this action, which was carried out by a mysterious sailor named Newsom.
Description acceptableThe Staffordshire ballad "Samuel Lett" describes an instance of this practice, which was the subject of a scandal when it was carried out by the second Duke of Chandos. This practice, called an "outrage upon decency" in the 1878 Book of Days, was the subject of scorn by a number of French travellers, according to an essay that appears in E. P. Thompson's collection Customs in Common. An instance of this practice occurred when the village of Weydon Priors was visited by a (*) hay trusser who read the placard "Good Furmity Sold Hear" and was pleased to discover that the furmity could be spiked with rum. Five guineas was enough for any "Jack Rag or Tom Straw" to complete this action, which was carried out by a mysterious sailor named Newsom. For 10 points, identify this form of "British popular divorce," a significant plot point in Thomas Hardy's The Mayor of Casterbridge.
Description acceptableThe Staffordshire ballad "Samuel Lett" describes an instance of this practice, which was the subject of a scandal when it was carried out by the second Duke of Chandos.
wife sales (or the selling of wives or wife auctions)