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Title
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[Brooms used in the court of Luggnag]
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Description
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Here we see a pile of brooms used to sweep the floor in the court of Luggnagg. It was a custom on the island of Luggnagg where someone who wanted to be accepted into the court would be required to lick the floor in front of the King. If the person licking the floor was a stranger, as was the case for Gulliver, the floor would be swept beforehand to remove most of the dust. The same image appears in the 1843 Krabbe edition.
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Image Creator
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Grandville (Illustrator)
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Identifier
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mta:21082
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Source Name
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Gulliver's Reisen in unbekannte Länder
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Image
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Subject
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rituals
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Political customs and rites
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fictional works
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imaginary places
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Fictitious characters
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imaginary creatures