Be Mine - Valentines Contest time!
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The oldest surviving valentine dates from 1415. It is a poem written by Charles, Duke of Orleans to his wife. At the time, the duke was being held in the Tower of London following his capture at the Battle of Agincourt.
British children in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries would celebrate Valentines Day by going door-to-door singing songs and sometimes begging for cake or money.
Both garters and gloves are traditionally popular Valentine tokens. The word garter comes from the Old French word garet, meaning bend in the knee. And glove is derived from the Old English word glof, meaning palm of the hand.
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