This is interesting. Thank you
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From: MARIE FULLER
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Subject: The 1500's, an interesting time
I thought this was interesting
Live today to the fullest because tomorrow is not promised. If you don't like
something, change it. If you can't change it, change the way you think about it.
The next time you are washing your hands and complain
because the water temperature isn't just how you like it, think about how thin
gs 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 prett y 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 dog s.
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 we alth 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 for20the 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 were20used 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 d ead ringer.
And that's the truth...Now, whoever said History was
boring ! ! !
Educate someone.Share these facts with a friend.
Rev. Kelvin McKisic
One Faith, One Family in Christ
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