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Gorean Book Quote Requests
Requests 1-173 were asked and answered back when there were only 25 books.
Also, some of the early questions were unintentionally truncated and cannot be restored. However, the answers are shown in their totality.
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| 416 | Tal, Master. Is there any instance where a girl kissed the rim of a vessel when serving? I read over and over where they kissed the side or simply kissed the cup. I was told recently there is mention of kissing the rim? I am trying to verify for the class I teach. Thank you and well wishes, Master
Answer
Hello girl,
I have already collected all there is to know about serves. (well, ok, except Book 37 yet)
You can find all of the information here: Â Â Â Serves
And more specifically, on the context page, here: Â Â Â In Context
There, on the Context page, you will find this quote:
He extended his goblet to me. "Drink," he said, offering me the cup.
I looked at the rim of the cup. I shook with terror. "A slave girl dares not touch with her lips the rim of that cup which has been touched with the lips of her master," I whispered.
Captive of Gor    Book 7    Page 302
It would certainly appear to me that kissing the rim is a no-no.
But then, there is this quote:
They served the wine well, kneeling beside the two small tables, behind which we sat, cross-legged, touching the goblet softly, tenderly, appropriately, to their body, then lifting it, and licking and kissing the goblet's rim, as they looked over the rim, into the eyes of their masters, then lowering their heads humbly between their extended arms, both hands on the goblet, proffering the goblets to the masters.
Mariners of Gor    Book 30    Page 521
It would appear here that kissing the rim is ok.
This is yet another case where there is no hard fast rule.
If you look at the overall theme of the books and take in the preponderance of evidence, I would say to teach your girls not to kiss the rim - unless some master specifically tells them to.
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