Citation - Norwich Packet: 1783.11.13

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Index Entry Ballads, in Madras, bachelors required sing while running through square 
Location Madras 
Citation
NP.783.008
13 Nov 1783:22 (10/471)
London, September 6.  From the India Gazette of March 22.
Extract of a letter from Madras, March 10.  [Report of laws
of Lycurgus, on the treatment of bachelors]
In the coldest days of winter they were forced to run naked
through a peculiar square, and to sing at the same time some
ballads full of poignant sarcasms and raillery against
themselves.


Generic Title Norwich Packet 
Date 1783.11.13 
Publisher Trumbull, John 
City, State Norwich, CT 
Year 1783 
Bibliography B0033332
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