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.»

#TheHuntingOfTheSnark #スナーク #LewisCarroll #BathingMachine #BathingMachines #Oxford #OxfordUniversity #ChristChurchCollege #OxfordChristChurchCollege #Belfry #TomQuad #HenryLiddell #LewisCarroll #CharlesDodgson #BonnetBoxes

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

"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