The Origins of Valentine's Day

The history of Valentine's Day can be traced back to an obscure Catholic Church feast day, said to be in honor of Saint Valentine.
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Pheobe I think this helped me to read the origin of St. Valentine thanks! 2/11/2008
David Flanders A short history of the Valentine Card.

Many centuries ago It became fashionable for a woman to give to her husband or loved one a remembrance of herself as he would be leaving her for a span of time for business or war.

Here is a description of these ancient valentines. A woman would procure a good piece of cloth or even leather, ( paper was rare ). Then she used dye ( expensive ), or a good quality mud mixed with local minerals or plant extracts mixed in. She dipped her bottom in the dye including her genitals, then sat down on the cloth and rocked her bottom a few times to get a good imprint on the substrate ( cloth ). This would leave a print of her bottom and genitals on the cloth which she let dry, then folded her gift ( the valentine ) and gave it to her husband as a keep sake. To remind him of what he might miss if he was unfaithful and for love. These women were very sly in my opinion. The print left by her bottom on the cloth very closely resembles the Heart shape that we see today on Valentine Cards. It is this shape of a woman's bottom that created the valentine heart, it is not a representation of a hearts which pumps blood. Turn a valentines heart upside down and you will get the picture albeit without the imprint of her genitals.

This started as a gift of a woman to her man.		 11/10/2007
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