These Medieval church ladies really let it all hang out

These saucy ladies, known as sheela na gigs, are most common in Ireland, where over 120 of them have been caught in the act of their anatomical show-and-tell

By Murgatroyd49 - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, Link

All those supposedly pious medieval churches, might not have been as uptight as we imagine. Hundreds of explicit stone carvings showing naked women flashing their bits are scattered across European buildings. Old-timey peasants heading to church would walk under doorways with stone carvings of a women enthusiastically displaying her lady parts. These saucy ladies, known as sheela na gigs, are most common in Ireland, where over 120 of them have been caught in the act of their anatomical show-and-tell.