NWR but kinda interesting
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...
>
> THIS ONE IS PRETTY GROSS
>
> 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 theother 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?)
> 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 ! ! !
> 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...
>
> THIS ONE IS PRETTY GROSS
>
> 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 theother 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?)
> 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 ! ! !
