Cardigan600
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Yo Troopers sounds funny but bet it wasn't, read on.
In The
> 1500's
> 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 odour. 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 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 entrance way.
> 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 the upper crust.
>
>
>
> Lead cups were used to drink ale or whiskey. 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 History was
> boring ! ! !
>
>
> Educate someone.Share these facts with a
> friend.
>
So arnt we a lucky lot then lol.
Bernard.
In The
> 1500's
> 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 odour. 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 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 entrance way.
> 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 the upper crust.
>
>
>
> Lead cups were used to drink ale or whiskey. 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 History was
> boring ! ! !
>
>
> Educate someone.Share these facts with a
> friend.
>
So arnt we a lucky lot then lol.
Bernard.