To save her marriage, "Elise" tried giving her husband fellatio once every 2 days for two months. She claims it cemented their relationship [http://www.elle.fr/Love-Sexe/Sexualite/Dossiers/La-fellation-le-ciment-du-couple-2120880 (in French)]
The term "Lingerie" in the French language applies to all undergarments for either gender. In English it is applied specifically to those undergarments designed to be visually appealing or erotic.
During the 1800s being able to hire a french maid was seen as a status symbol and slightly poorer upper-class families who couldn't afford to bring a girl over from France would sometimes pay a local maid to pretend to be French.
The first known depiction of a heart as a symbol of romantic love dates to the 1250s. It occurs in a French manuscript, where a kneeling lover offers his heart to a damsel. The heart resembles a pine-cone (the point facing upward), in accord with medieval
The origins of the 15, 30, and 40 scores in tennis are believed to be medieval French. It is possible that a clock face was used on court, with a quarter move of the hand to indicate a score of 15, 30, and 45. When the hand moved to 60, the game was over.
The word "Tennis" came into use in English in the mid-13th century from Old French, via the Anglo-Norman term "Tenez", which can be translated as "hold!" [wikipedia]
In the early 17th century, the French obstetrician Jacques Guillemeau indicated that wet nurses should not have auburn hair because redheads were known to have a hot temperament that was harmful to their breastmilk [Journal of Perinatal Education,http://w
Sir, There are some amongst us who would deny me my vast wealth and my low-paid servants. But with such privations, I would not have time to sit for days on end in my vast library, learning of 18th c. French history.
