[Dixielandjazz] castrati

[billsharp]

Could it be that  in some cases the disappearance of the testicles was 
actually caused by pushing them up into the original body cavity from 
which they came, giving a very clear impression that the young male was 
indeed castrated?.   This would still raise the male voice -  -I know 
it would with me. Much later in life, one of the gems popped out, 
allowing fatherhood ( At  which moment, they shouted Fi-gar-o!, 
equivalent to our "Eureka, they've found it!).  Yet another 
possiibility is that young girls, with the voices the choir masters 
desired, were snuck into the castrati choirs, until they were booted 
out, or ran away with one of the fellows whose voices had dropped at 
the same time as the body part.  	In these cases,  the offspring could 
indeed be from "castrata".