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7. Pocket dogs
If you think that the fashion of carrying around pocket dogs everywhere has appeared recently, then you are very mistaken. In the Middle Ages, ladies also eagerly dragged after themselves tiny dogs, though the reason was completely different. The fact is that dogs were the best bait for fleas, lice and other parasites. The body temperature of animals is higher than in humans, so all kinds of bugs more often chose their hair as their «home». Also, some young ladies used their pocket pets as towels or napkins and often wiped their hands on them after a meal.
