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Many people have looked at beautifully decorated silk shoes from China and wondered if they were for a child or a doll. They are surprised to find that these pairs of shoes, some of which are only a little over three inches in length were actually meant to be worn by grown women.

This site provides a less challenging read regarding the practice of foot binding in ancient China, its origins and the impact it had on those who had their feet bound.

CELT, the Corpus of Electronic Texts, brings the wealth of Irish literary and historical culture to the Internet, for the use and benefit of everyone worldwide. It has a searchable online textbase consisting of over 12.5 million words, in over 1000 contemporary and historical documents from many areas, including literature and the other arts