The Virgin Mary's Peas: results, finally

[Hutch]

THANK YOU, JAMES!!!!!

Elliot, no connection. I was being ironic. Or perhaps 
sarcastic. Or perhaps I was aiming straight at blasphemy 
(blasphemical?).

The idea came from remembering that it was "well-known" in 
Classical times in Europe that sex with a virgin would cure 
syphilis.

Quoting Ranjit Bhatnagar <rbhatnagar at gmail.com>:

[snippety]

> The Virgin Mary's Peas - buboes; the inflamed swell-
> ing of a lymph node, especially in the area of the
> armpit or groin, that is characteristic of certain
> infections, esp. bubonic plague and syphilis
> -- HUTCH (4 pts)
> 2 pts for correct guess
> 
> Elliott: "I don't see the connection between buboes
> and the BVM. If it were some saint's peas, I could
> maybe imagine a story, but the Virgin Mary?"
> James: 1 pt -- "I love the irony of associating
> syphilis with the Virgin Mary."
> Jean-Joseph: 1 pt -- "Again, why a name like this?
> One point."

[snippety]