14 in 14 ♥ fourteen days of vintage Valentines DAY 12: VINEGAR Valentines

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VINEGAR VALENTINES 

aka PENNY DREADFULS

these snarky insult Valentines were cheaply made, 

printed on one side on thin paper. 

history notes vinegar Valentines were given back as far as the Victorian era.  

it is said these Valentines would 

sometimes incite arguments and fistfights!

 it was not uncommon to send

 Vinegar Valentines ANONYMOUSLY!

 originally costing a penny each,

 by the late 1940s 

Vinegar Valentines cost a nickle a piece

  ANYONE and EVERYONE was targeted by these rude, sarcastic Valentines!

from an unrequited love to teachers, alcoholics, poor, rich,

 pretty, ugly, smart, stupid, cheaters, loyal "hen pecked" lovers,  borrowers, lenders and nearly

every occupation, physical or character description you could imagine!
I've even seen vinegar Valentines from the Civil War Era which were mocking the SECESSIONISTS and UNION SOLDIERS! (1860s) 

 MILLIONS of Vinegar Valentines were sold

 in the 19th and 20th Centuries.

 until around the 1840s 

the RECEIVER not only had to suffer the insult, 

but also had to pay

 the postage for their Valentine!

OUCH!

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