Photograph taken at Kilkee in Co. Clare, Ireland, complete with one of M. Cahill's bathing machines. c1880. The National Library of Ireland. No known copyright restrictions.

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Donkey rides at Kilkee, Co. Clare, Ireland, complete with one of M. Cahill's bathing machines. c1880. The National Library of Ireland. No known copyright restrictions.

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Snarks have five marks (https://snrk.de/snarks-have-five-unmistakable-marks/):

«The fourth is its fondness for bathing-machines,
 Which it constantly carries about,
And believes that they add to the beauty of scenes —
 A sentiment open to doubt.»

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(https://snrk.de/the-new-belfry/)

Snarks Have Five Unmistakable Marks – The Hunting of the Snark

"Promiscuous Throng: The 'Indecent' Manner Of Sea-Bathing In The Nineteenth Century", The Times Literary Supplement (https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/naked-victorians-beach-jane-darcy/).

#England #VictorianEngland #Puritanism #Bathing #SeaBathing #AuNaturel #Naked #SkinnyDipping #Beach #France #BathingMachine #Prude

Naked victorians at the beach | Essay by Jane Darcy

An insidious evil emerged in the nineteenth century, one which threatened the very foundations of British society: indecent male bathing at the seaside

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