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11. Ooops - I should have made that clear
Fri Jan 10, 2014, 03:49 AM
Jan 2014

I just assume that everybody knows about A-M

From Discworld Wikia

Seamstresses' Guild
Euphemistically named; actually a guild of prostitutes.
Motto: NIL VOLVPTI, SINE LVCRE ("No Pleasure Without Pay&quot
Legalized by the Patrician early in his reign.
Headed by Mrs. Rosemary "Rosie" Palm. "Mrs." is an honorific bestowed on those members of the Guild who rise to the ownership of their own premises. Her employees are known as her "daughters" (a reference to the famous euphemism "visiting Rosie Palm and her five daughters."
During the events of Night Watch, the Guild briefly employed an actual seamstress, who made quite a large sum of money darning the socks of men who made the same mistake she did.
Upon his initial arrival in the city, Carrot Ironfoundersson lodged at the Seamstresses' Guild, and even dated one of its members, all the while apparently oblivious to the nature of their profession.
Granny Weatherwax lodged at the Seamstresses' Guild as well, considering Mrs. Palm "practically a witch."


edit to add - Witches on Discworld have real power and are respected. They do not turn people into frogs (mostly) but are reasonably happy to make wrong doers think they are frogs in the body of a human and that's really nasty.

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