"A counter pilgrimage to a feral domain
Monday, May 30, 2011
YASSIADA - In ancient China, so I am told, dogs were not allowed within the city gates. Thus the custom evolved that waste, trash and other discards were tossed over the city walls. The result is the English expression, “gone to the dogs.”"
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