Frans Hals-Malle Babbe - In the seventeeth century, owls were often associated with fools or vulgar behavior. A Dutch proverb - drunk as an owl - 1634

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In the seventeeth century, owls were often associated with fools or vulgar behavior. A Dutch proverb, "drunk as an owl," is recalled by the woman's large tankard - The Met

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