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  Margaret Clap - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
Margaret Clap (better known as Mother Clap, died circa 1726) was a woman who ran a brothel for homosexual men in London in the early part of the 18th century.
After a tip off to the local constabulary, Mother Clap's was raided in 1726 and she was sentenced to spend time in the stocks.
Some hold that the name "the clap" is an eponym of "Mother Clap" ("the clap" being a slang term for Gonorrhea) presumably because sexually transmitted diseases were rife among the underground homosexual community in the 18th century.
www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Margaret_Clap   (338 words)

  
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 Margaret Clap - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Margaret Clap (better known as Mother Clap, died circa 1726) was a woman who ran a brothel for homosexual men in London in the early part of the 18th century.
After a tip off to the local constabulary, Mother Clap's was raided in 1726 and she was sentenced to spend time in the stocks.
Some hold that the name "the clap" is an eponym of "Mother Clap" ("the clap" being a slang term for Gonorrhea) presumably because sexually transmitted diseases were rife among the underground homosexual community in the 18th century.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Margaret_Clap   (313 words)

  
 Margaret
Margaret Colin Margaret Colin is an 1957, the daughter of a police officer and a crop duster.
Margaret was born in the province of Hampshire.
Margaret of Denmark Margaret of Denmark (Dorothea of Brandenburg.
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 glbtq >> social sciences >> Clap, Margaret
It is unclear when Clap opened her house to mollies, but by the fall of 1724 it had become one of the most popular venues for them to gather.
Clap and her guests appear to have been equally fond of and loyal to each other.
On July 23, 1726, Margaret Clap was convicted of "keeping a Disorderly House in Chick-lane for the Entertainment of Sodomites." The judge sentenced her to stand in the pillory, pay a fine of twenty marks, and spend two years in jail.
www.glbtq.com /social-sciences/clap_m.html   (831 words)

  
 Clap Std -- Recommendations and Resources   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Humans clap with the palms of their hands, often in a constant drone to express approval (see applause), but also in rhythm to match sounds in music and dance.
Unlike in traditional skates where the blade is fixed to the boot, the clap skates have the blade attached to the boot by a hinge at the front.
Clap skates were developed at the Faculty of Human Movement Sciences of the Vrije Universiteit of Amsterdam, led by Gerrit Jan van Ingen Schenau, although the idea of a clap skate is much older; designs dating from around 1900 are known.
www.becomingapediatrician.com /health/32/clap-std.html   (969 words)

  
 Margaret Clap -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
After a tip off to the local constabulary, Mother Clap's was raided in 1726 and she was sentenced to spend time in the (A wooden instrument of punishment on a post with holes for the neck and hands; offenders were locked in and so exposed to public scorn) stocks.
Public feeling against acts of (Anal intercourse committed by a man with a man or woman) sodomy was quite high at the time and Clap was physically attacked by angry citizens throughout her sentence.
It is speculated that soon after her release from the stocks she died from the injuries she sustained, though no historical records document this.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/M/Ma/Margaret_Clap.htm   (281 words)

  
 Margaret Clap   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Margaret Clap (better known as Mother Clap, died circa 1726) was a woman who ran a brothel for homosexual men in London in the; early part of the 18th century.
After a tip-off to the local constabulary, Mother Clap's molly house was raided in 1726 and she was sentenced to spend time in the stocks.
Some hold that the name "the clap" is an eponym of "Mother Clap" ("the clap" being a slang term for Gonorrhea) presumably because sexually transmitted diseases were rife among the underground homosexual community in the 18th century.
www.zdnet.co.za /m/a/r/Margaret_Clap_dfe4.html   (330 words)

  
 MARGARET ROWELL: An Introduction
Margaret believes in teaching "from the inside out." She wants you to feel what it is like to produce an expressive tone and a beautiful phrase, not just fit yourself to a prescribed position with the hope that things will come out sounding all right.
What Margaret and her student had accomplished with one finger scales was to have so simplified the technique achieving a beautiful tone, shiftings intonation, and all the other fundamentals that climbing the Mount Everest of cello literature was relatively easy as a result.
Margaret agreed and entered what turned out to be a frustrating period of authorship, trying to fit her choice of words into the Rolland method.
www.cello.org /Newsletter/Articles/mrowell.html   (4232 words)

  
 The Dispatch - Serving the Lexington, NC - News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
After a tip-off to the local constabulary, Mother Clap's molly house was raided in 1726 and she was sentenced to spend time in the stocks.
Public feeling against acts of sodomy was quite strong at the time and Clap was physically assaulted by angry citizens throughout her sentence.
It is speculated that soon after her release from the stocks she died from the injuries she sustained, though no historical records document this [1].
www.the-dispatch.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Mother_Clap   (289 words)

  
 glbtq >> social sciences >> Molly Houses
Margaret Clap owned and ran the most notorious of these houses, which was located in Field Lane in Holborn.
At the time of the raid on Margaret Clap's house, more than twenty molly houses were known in London, many of which had been targeted and broken up by similar raids in 1726.
Margaret Clap, also known as "Mother Clap," operated one of the more popular "molly houses" in London; after it was raided in 1726, she was pilloried and imprisoned.
www.glbtq.com /social-sciences/molly_houses.html   (1179 words)

  
 RDH - The velvet touch
Margaret explains, "The pain control seminars are not just for states and hygienists who are able to practice local anesthesia, but for those who want to learn more about pain control even though they may not be able to deliver it.
In addition, Margaret presents a seminar on oral biology that is defined as "concerned with the nature of the orofacial tissues and with the application of basic scientific knowledge to orofacial tissues in health and disease." The oral biology topics range from geriatric oral lesions and women's oral health needs to diabetes and patient assessment.
Margaret is thrilled to know that she can make a difference in participant's practices, and that they can now perform hygiene with reliable pain control for their patients.
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 Homosexuality in Eighteenth-Century England: The Trial of Margaret Clap, 1726
Margaret Clap was indicted for keeping a disorderly house in which she procured and encouraged persons to commit sodomy.
In so far as Mother Clap went out to fetch liquor (probably from the Bunch o'Grapes next door), her house — which bore no specific name — was probably a private residence rather than a public inn or tavern.
All in all, Margaret Clap seems to have enjoyed her clientele — who dubbed her "Mother Clap" — and to have taken an active interest in the gay subculture.
www.infopt.demon.co.uk /clap.htm   (704 words)

  
 Margaret Scobie
Margaret's mother is sister to the father of Gloria Petyarre and more noteably was sister to Emily Kngwarreye.
Margaret employs a range of long brush strokes and colours to represent the leaves at different stages of growth.
Margaret employs a range of brush strokes and colours to represent the leaves at different times of the year.
www.aboriginalartpaintings.com /store/category186_1.htm   (965 words)

  
 info: Margaret_Clap   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Introduction Margaret Clap was indicted for keeping a disorderly house in which she procured and...
Mother Clap's Molly House by Rictor NortonThe raid on Margaret Clap's molly house in 1725 - frequented by 40 to 50 mollies every night, where they sang and danced and sometimes withdrew into a more private room to "marry" one another...
MARGARET Clap's into 'Light o' love;' that goes without a burden: do you sing it, and I'll dance it.
www.napoli-pizza.net /Margaret_Clap.html   (638 words)

  
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Hero and Margaret have by this played their parts with Beatrice, and then the two bears will not bite one another when they meet.
If you use them, Margaret, you must put in the pikes with a vice; and they are dangerous weapons for maids.
So are the prince and Claudio, who accus'd her Upon the error that you heard debated: But Margaret was in some fault for this, Although against her will, as it appears In the true course of all the question.
www.gutenberg.org /dirs/etext98/2ws2210.txt   (17691 words)

  
 'It's helped my whole life'Learning English means a better job for California's newest immigrants. | The-Tidings.com
Inside St. Margaret's Center, back in a makeshift room, a tall, lean, almost bald man dressed in a fl T-shirt and worn jeans is leading an ESL (English as a Second Language) class of 14 students.
Gonzalez is a "blazing example" of a core group of a dozen or so super dedicated adult students at St. Margaret's, according to her 47-year-old teacher, Troy Croom.
Margaret's Center features four hours of ESL classes every day because the staff believes so strongly that it's one of the most pragmatic ways to help the working poor take that next step up the proverbial societal ladder that millions of Irish, Italian, Polish and other immigrants have climbed before.
www.the-tidings.com /2006/0707/working.htm   (1584 words)

  
 Playful Invention and Exploration - Clap Sensor
This project started as an attempt to make a clap sensor, but resulted in a sensor that is sensitive not just to loud claps, but bumps, and jiggles, and jolts.
It seemed floppy (the cardboard wasn't strong) and it was hard to pull the plastic tight, but it was fairly sensitive.
Read what Margaret wrote about her interactive storytelling idea.
www.pienetwork.org /a2z/c/clapsensor   (716 words)

  
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Margaret I like the new tire within excellently, if the hair were a thought browner; and your gown's a most rare fashion, i'faith.
Margaret By my troth, 's but a nightgown in respect of yours -cloth o' gold, and cuts, and laced with silver, set with pearls, down sleeves, side sleeves, and skirts round, underborne with a bluish tinsel.
But Margaret was in some fault for this, Although against her will, as it appears In the true course of all the question.
www.cs.utah.edu /~goller/books/SHAKESPE/MUCH_ADO.NEW   (18691 words)

  
 DCist: Stare DCisis: Clap Your Hands Say No   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
A part-time college student who worked on the side, Margaret was an opportunistic lass, and when her brother introduced her to defendant Angiers St. George Biddle "Pony" Duke, Jr., she wasted no time – indeed, saying his name alone took up precious seconds.
He declared his love for Margaret, as well as a desire to marry her, and, because she apparently was not a degree candidate in the school of romance, Margaret agreed to join Pony for a cross-country road trip.
If you want to bring a lawsuit against somebody, you have to do it within a reasonable amount of time from when you first were injured by that person.
www.dcist.com /archives/2006/05/31/stare_dcisis_cl.php   (973 words)

  
 The Paper Bag Review - This is why you learned to read...
Margaret: (Shaking her head yes and pretending to cry)
When her sister is kidnapped by white slave traders while touring Europe, Margaret Winston accepts the help of two men claiming to be the storybook action hero Jake Speed and his sidekick Desmond Floyd.
The result: action, adventure, and mayhem ensue as Jake, Des, and Margaret trek the harsh landscape of Africa to rescue her sister from the clutches of evil.
www.paperbagreview.com /reviews/films/jakespeed.asp   (585 words)

  
 Halloween in Llanview 2006
Luckily, Margaret was still holding the chainsaw and couldn't get to him.
As Margaret rambled on, Marcie stood poissed to carry out her plan.
As Margaret’s wet hand made contact with the electrical socket, smoke poured out of her ears and and she crashed to the floor.
www.angelfire.com /ma3/medfordattorney/halloween2006.html   (1175 words)

  
 Clap - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
A slang term for gonorrhoea, possibly named after Margaret Clap
CLAP (in capitals) refers to a Child Labour Action Programme
This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title.
www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Clap   (100 words)

  
 Margaret Clap Tyburn May 9 sodomy Holborn gonorrhoea External links stocks molly house London homosexual   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Margaret Clap Tyburn May 9 sodomy Holborn gonorrhoea External links stocks molly house London homosexual
It is speculated that soon after her release from the stocks she died from the injuries she sustained, though no historical records document this http://www.glbtq.com/social-sciences/clap_m.html.
MARGARET Clap's into 'Light o' love;' that goes without a burden: do you sing it, and I'll dance it.
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 The Proceedings of the Old Bailey, London 1674 to 1834   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Clap's House was next to the Bunch of Grapes in Field-lane, Holbourn.
Clap was taken up, in February last, I went to put in Bail for her; at which Time, Mr.
Clap's House was notorious for being a Molly-House.
www.oldbaileyonline.org /html_units/1720s/t17260420-64.html   (458 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
MARGARET I like the new tire within excellently, if the hair were a thought browner; and your gown's a most rare fashion, i' faith.
MARGARET By my troth, 's but a night-gown in respect of yours: cloth o' gold, and cuts, and laced with silver, set with pearls, down sleeves, side sleeves, and skirts, round underborne with a bluish tinsel: but for a fine, quaint, graceful and excellent fashion, yours is worth ten on 't.
MARGARET Get you some of this distilled Carduus Benedictus, and lay it to your heart: it is the only thing for a qualm.
ccat.sas.upenn.edu /gopher/text/earlymodern/shakespeare/comedy/MuchAdoAboutNothing/MuchAdoAboutNothing_ACT_III_SCENE_IV   (538 words)

  
 David Shepard Chronology   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Marries Margaret Clap, daughter of Ezra Clap, in Westfield, Mass.
His wife, Margaret Clap, dies in Westfield, before her thirtieth birthday.
David Shepard proceeds from the meetinghouse of the church in Brattle street to the Boston State House for the ratification of the constitution, after which the convention was dissolved.
home.earthlink.net /~jlsievers/Shepard/shep_david_chron.htm   (477 words)

  
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MARGARET: I like the new tire within excellently, if the hair were a thought browner; and your gown's a most rare fashion, i' faith.
MARGARET: By my troth, 's but a night-gown in respect of yours: cloth o' gold, and cuts, and laced with silver, set with pearls, down sleeves, side sleeves, and skirts, round underborne with a bluish tinsel: 20 but for a fine, quaint, graceful and excellent fashion, yours is worth ten on 't.
MARGARET: Get you some of this distilled Carduus Benedictus, and lay it to your heart: it is the only thing for a qualm.
www.themcnichols.net /shakespeare/dp/0291/02910.txt   (579 words)

  
 HYPNOSIS DEATH AND PSYCHOSIS - Paul McKenna - Dangers of hypnosis- Chris Gates - Sharron Tabran - Andrew Vincent
As the show came to a close he told her, "I'm going to count from one to three and clap my hands.
And as I clap my hands you will feel 10,000 volts of electricity shoot through your chair, and it will hurt!" The next morning Sharron was found dead in her bed.
According to Sharron’s mother, Margaret Harper, Sharron had had a great fear of electricity ever since she received a bad electric shock as a child.
www.dangers-of-hypnosis.co.uk /death_and_psychosis.html   (827 words)

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