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A woman turns down a dapper ‘snake’ in a ‘vinegar valentine’ from the 1870s.

Return to the 19th-Century Custom of the Spicy ‘Vinegar Valentine’

Victorians found a way to anonymously tell people they didn’t like exactly how they felt.
by Beth Daley via The Conversation on February 9, 2026
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