> So pestilential was their touch considered that it was a crime for them to walk the common road barefooted or to drink from the same cup as non-Cagots. The Ca

> So pestilential was their touch considered that it was a crime for them to walk the common road barefooted or to drink from the same cup as non-Cagots. The Cagots were often restricted to the trades of carpenter, butcher, and rope-maker Not that bigotry ever made sense, but "your very touch spoils the road upon which you walk... but by all means, cut up our meat for us" is a particularly weird one.