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a friend sent this to me and i thought i''d share it with you:
LIFE IN THE 1500s
The next time you are washing your hands and
complain because the water temperature isn''t
just how you like it, think about how things
used to be. Here are some facts about the 1500s:
Most people got married in June because they
took their yearly bath in May, and still smelled
pretty good by June. However, they were starting
to smell, so brides carried a bouquet of flowers
to hide the body odor. Hence the custom today of
carrying a bouquet when getting married.
Baths consisted of a big tub filled with hot water.
The man of the house had the privilege of the nice
clean water, then all the other sons and men, then
the women and finally the children. Last of all the
babies. By then the water was so dirty you could
actually lose someone in it. Hence the saying,
"Don''t throw the baby out with the bath water."
Houses had thatched roofs-thick straw-piled high,
with no wood underneath. It was the only place for
animals to get warm, so all the cats and other
small animals (mice, bugs) lived in the roof. When
it rained it became slippery and sometimes the
animals would slip and fall off the roof. Hence
the saying "It''s raining cats and dogs."
There was nothing to stop things from falling into
the house. This posed a real problem in the bedroom
where bugs and other droppings could mess up your
nice clean bed. Hence, a bed with big posts and a
sheet hung over the top afforded some protection.
That''s how canopy beds came into existence.
The floor was dirt. Only the wealthy had something
other than dirt. Hence the saying "dirt poor." The
wealthy had slate floors that would get slippery in
the winter when wet, so they spread thresh (straw)
on the floor to help keep their footing. As the
winter wore on, they added more thresh until when
you opened the door it would all start slipping
outside. A piece of wood was placed in the entranceway.
Hence the saying a "thresh hold."
In those old days, they cooked in the kitchen with
a big kettle that always hung over the fire. Every
day they lit the fire and added things to the pot.
They ate mostly vegetables and did not get much meat.
They would eat the stew for dinner, leaving leftovers
in the pot to get cold overnight and then start over
the next day. Sometimes stew had food in it that had
been there for quite a while. Hence the rhyme, "Peas
porridge hot, peas porridge cold, peas porridge in
the pot nine days old."
Sometimes they could obtain pork, which made them feel
quite special. When visitors came over, they would hang
up their bacon to show off. It was a sign of wealth
that a man could "bring home the bacon." They would cut
off a little to share with guests and would all sit
around and "chew the fat."
Those with money had plates made of pewter. Food with
high acid content caused some of the lead to leach onto
the food, causing lead poisoning death. This happened most
often with tomatoes, so for the next 400 years or so,
tomatoes were considered poisonous.
Bread was divided according to status. Workers got the
burnt bottom of the loaf, the family got the middle,
and guests got the top, or "upper crust."
Lead cups were used to drink ale or whisky. The combination
would sometimes knock the imbibers out for a couple of days.
Someone walking along the road would take them for dead and
prepare them for burial. They were laid out on the kitchen
table for a couple of days and the family would gather
around and eat and drink and wait and see if they would wake
up. Hence the custom of holding a "wake."
England is old and small and the local folks started running
out of places to bury people. So they would dig up coffins
and would take the bones to a "bone-house" and reuse the
grave. When reopening these coffins, 1 out of 25 coffins were
found to have scratch marks on the inside and they realized
they had been burying people alive. So they would tie a string
on the wrist of the corpse, lead it through the coffin and up
through the ground and tie it to a bell. Someone would have
to sit out in the graveyard all night (the "graveyard shift")
to listen for the bell; thus, someone could be "saved by the
bell" or was considered a "dead ringer."
And that''s the truth... Now, whoever said that history was
boring!!!
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certainly makes many of my everyday issues seem trivial.....movie zombie
LIFE IN THE 1500s
The next time you are washing your hands and
complain because the water temperature isn''t
just how you like it, think about how things
used to be. Here are some facts about the 1500s:
These are interesting...
Most people got married in June because they
took their yearly bath in May, and still smelled
pretty good by June. However, they were starting
to smell, so brides carried a bouquet of flowers
to hide the body odor. Hence the custom today of
carrying a bouquet when getting married.
Baths consisted of a big tub filled with hot water.
The man of the house had the privilege of the nice
clean water, then all the other sons and men, then
the women and finally the children. Last of all the
babies. By then the water was so dirty you could
actually lose someone in it. Hence the saying,
"Don''t throw the baby out with the bath water."
Houses had thatched roofs-thick straw-piled high,
with no wood underneath. It was the only place for
animals to get warm, so all the cats and other
small animals (mice, bugs) lived in the roof. When
it rained it became slippery and sometimes the
animals would slip and fall off the roof. Hence
the saying "It''s raining cats and dogs."
There was nothing to stop things from falling into
the house. This posed a real problem in the bedroom
where bugs and other droppings could mess up your
nice clean bed. Hence, a bed with big posts and a
sheet hung over the top afforded some protection.
That''s how canopy beds came into existence.
The floor was dirt. Only the wealthy had something
other than dirt. Hence the saying "dirt poor." The
wealthy had slate floors that would get slippery in
the winter when wet, so they spread thresh (straw)
on the floor to help keep their footing. As the
winter wore on, they added more thresh until when
you opened the door it would all start slipping
outside. A piece of wood was placed in the entranceway.
Hence the saying a "thresh hold."
(Getting quite an education, aren''t you?)
In those old days, they cooked in the kitchen with
a big kettle that always hung over the fire. Every
day they lit the fire and added things to the pot.
They ate mostly vegetables and did not get much meat.
They would eat the stew for dinner, leaving leftovers
in the pot to get cold overnight and then start over
the next day. Sometimes stew had food in it that had
been there for quite a while. Hence the rhyme, "Peas
porridge hot, peas porridge cold, peas porridge in
the pot nine days old."
Sometimes they could obtain pork, which made them feel
quite special. When visitors came over, they would hang
up their bacon to show off. It was a sign of wealth
that a man could "bring home the bacon." They would cut
off a little to share with guests and would all sit
around and "chew the fat."
Those with money had plates made of pewter. Food with
high acid content caused some of the lead to leach onto
the food, causing lead poisoning death. This happened most
often with tomatoes, so for the next 400 years or so,
tomatoes were considered poisonous.
Bread was divided according to status. Workers got the
burnt bottom of the loaf, the family got the middle,
and guests got the top, or "upper crust."
Lead cups were used to drink ale or whisky. The combination
would sometimes knock the imbibers out for a couple of days.
Someone walking along the road would take them for dead and
prepare them for burial. They were laid out on the kitchen
table for a couple of days and the family would gather
around and eat and drink and wait and see if they would wake
up. Hence the custom of holding a "wake."
England is old and small and the local folks started running
out of places to bury people. So they would dig up coffins
and would take the bones to a "bone-house" and reuse the
grave. When reopening these coffins, 1 out of 25 coffins were
found to have scratch marks on the inside and they realized
they had been burying people alive. So they would tie a string
on the wrist of the corpse, lead it through the coffin and up
through the ground and tie it to a bell. Someone would have
to sit out in the graveyard all night (the "graveyard shift")
to listen for the bell; thus, someone could be "saved by the
bell" or was considered a "dead ringer."
And that''s the truth... Now, whoever said that history was
boring!!!
////////////
certainly makes many of my everyday issues seem trivial.....movie zombie
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