middle ages

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Witch hunting guides from the middle ages referred to it as the “devil’s teat” and claimed only witches had one.

From Scientific American • Feb. 16, 2023

"Whether they killed him is another matter. A lot of fish was consumed in the middle ages, in part because of the prohibition of the eating of meat by the church at certain times."

From Salon • Jan. 28, 2023

Nonwhite people have generally faced the most severe disadvantages in surviving Covid at young and middle ages, partly because of differences in the burden of chronic illness and workplace risks.

From New York Times • Jul. 28, 2022

Those in the middle, ages 40 to 64, are evenly divided, at 48 percent for each candidate.

From Washington Post • Oct. 30, 2021

It may have been something that had survived from the middle ages when houses and probably individuals were so marked to indicate where plague had struck.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith