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+ADw-/B+AD4-Pauline Middleton +ACY-lt+ADsAPA-A
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+ADw-/B+AD4-Monday, May 24, 1999 8:10 PM+ADw-BR+AD4APA-B+AD4-Subject: +ADw-/B+AD4-Life in the
1500's+ADw-BR+AD4APA-BR+AD4APA-/DIV+AD4APA-/FONT+AD4-
+ADw-DIV+AD4AJg-gt+ADsAJg-gt+ADs- +ACY-gt+ADs-I can't verify these facts but they are pretty interesting if
true.+ADw-BR+AD4AJg-gt+ADsAJg-gt+ADs- +ACY-gt+ADsAPA-BR+AD4AJg-gt+ADsAJg-gt+ADs- +ACY-gt+ADs-Life in the 1500's:+ADw-BR+AD4AJg-gt+ADsAJg-gt+ADs-
+ACY-gt+ADsAPA-BR+AD4AJg-gt+ADsAJg-gt+ADs- +ACY-gt+ADs-Most people got married in June because they took their
yearly bath in+ADw-BR+AD4AJg-gt+ADs-May+ADw-BR+AD4AJg-gt+ADsAJg-gt+ADs- +ACY-gt+ADs-and were still smelling pretty good by
June. However, they were starting+ADw-BR+AD4AJg-gt+ADsAJg-gt+ADs- +ACY-gt+ADs-to smell, so brides carried a
bouquet of flowers to hide the b.o.+ADw-BR+AD4AJg-gt+ADsAJg-gt+ADs- +ACY-gt+ADsAPA-BR+AD4AJg-gt+ADsAJg-gt+ADs- +ACY-gt+ADs-Baths
equaled a big tub filled with hot water. The man of the house had+ADw-BR+AD4AJg-gt+ADsAJg-gt+ADs-
+ACY-gt+ADs-the privilege of the nice clean water, then all the other sons and
men,+ADw-BR+AD4AJg-gt+ADsAJg-gt+ADs- +ACY-gt+ADs-then the women and finally the children.+ACY-nbsp+ADs- Last of all
the babies.+ACY-nbsp+ADs- By+ADw-BR+AD4AJg-gt+ADs-then+ADw-BR+AD4AJg-gt+ADsAJg-gt+ADs- +ACY-gt+ADs-the water was so dirty you
could actually lose someone in it.+ACY-nbsp+ADs- Hence the+ADw-BR+AD4AJg-gt+ADsAJg-gt+ADs-
+ACY-gt+ADs-saying,+ACY-quot+ADs-Don't throw the baby out with the bath water.+ACY-quot+ADsAPA-BR+AD4AJg-gt+ADsAJg-gt+ADs-
+ACY-gt+ADsAPA-BR+AD4AJg-gt+ADsAJg-gt+ADs- +ACY-gt+ADs-Houses had thatched roofs.+ACY-nbsp+ADs- Thick straw, piled high,
with no wood+ADw-BR+AD4AJg-gt+ADsAJg-gt+ADs- +ACY-gt+ADs-underneath. It was the only place for animals to
get warm, so all the+ADw-BR+AD4AJg-gt+ADsAJg-gt+ADs- +ACY-gt+ADs-pets...dogs, cats and other small animals,
mice, rats, bugs lived in the+ADw-BR+AD4AJg-gt+ADsAJg-gt+ADs- +ACY-gt+ADs-roof.+ACY-nbsp+ADs- When it rained it
became slippery and sometimes the animals would+ADw-BR+AD4AJg-gt+ADsAJg-gt+ADs- +ACY-gt+ADs-slip and fall
off the roof. Hence the saying, +ACY-quot+ADs-It's raining cats and+ADw-BR+AD4AJg-gt+ADsAJg-gt+ADs-
+ACY-gt+ADs-dogs.+ACY-quot+ADsAPA-BR+AD4AJg-gt+ADsAJg-gt+ADs- +ACY-gt+ADsAPA-BR+AD4AJg-gt+ADsAJg-gt+ADs- +ACY-gt+ADs-There was nothing to stop
things from falling into the house. This posed+ADw-BR+AD4AJg-gt+ADs-a+ADw-BR+AD4AJg-gt+ADsAJg-gt+ADs- +ACY-gt+ADs-real
problem in the bedroom where bugs and other droppings could really+ADw-BR+AD4AJg-gt+ADsAJg-gt+ADs-
+ACY-gt+ADs-mess up your nice clean bed.+ACY-nbsp+ADs- So, they found if they made beds with
big+ADw-BR+AD4AJg-gt+ADsAJg-gt+ADs- +ACY-gt+ADs-posts and hung a sheet over the top, it addressed that
problem. Hence+ADw-BR+AD4AJg-gt+ADsAJg-gt+ADs- +ACY-gt+ADs-those beautiful big 4 poster beds with
canopies.+ADw-BR+AD4AJg-gt+ADsAJg-gt+ADs- +ACY-gt+ADsAPA-BR+AD4AJg-gt+ADsAJg-gt+ADs- +ACY-gt+ADs-The floor was dirt.+ACY-nbsp+ADs- Only the
wealthy had something other than dirt,+ADw-BR+AD4AJg-gt+ADs-hence+ADw-BR+AD4AJg-gt+ADsAJg-gt+ADs- +ACY-gt+ADs-the saying
+ACY-quot+ADs-dirt poor+ACY-quot+ADs-.+ACY-nbsp+ADs- The wealthy had slate floors which would
get+ADw-BR+AD4AJg-gt+ADsAJg-gt+ADs- +ACY-gt+ADs-slippery in the winter when wet. So they spread thresh on
the floor to+ADw-BR+AD4AJg-gt+ADsAJg-gt+ADs- +ACY-gt+ADs-help keep their footing.+ACY-nbsp+ADs- As the winter wore
on they kept adding more+ADw-BR+AD4AJg-gt+ADsAJg-gt+ADs- +ACY-gt+ADs-thresh until when you opened the door
it would all start slipping+ADw-BR+AD4AJg-gt+ADs-outside.+ADw-BR+AD4AJg-gt+ADsAJg-gt+ADs- +ACY-gt+ADs-A piece of wood was
placed at the entry way, hence a +ACY-quot+ADs-thresh hold+ACY-quot+ADs-.+ADw-BR+AD4AJg-gt+ADsAJg-gt+ADs-
+ACY-gt+ADsAPA-BR+AD4AJg-gt+ADsAJg-gt+ADs- +ACY-gt+ADs-They cooked in the kitchen in a big kettle that always hung
over the+ADw-BR+AD4AJg-gt+ADs-fire.+ADw-BR+AD4AJg-gt+ADsAJg-gt+ADs- +ACY-gt+ADs- Every day they lit the fire and added
things to the pot.+ACY-nbsp+ADs- They mostly+ADw-BR+AD4AJg-gt+ADs-ate+ADw-BR+AD4AJg-gt+ADsAJg-gt+ADs- +ACY-gt+ADs-vegetables and
didn't get much meat.+ACY-nbsp+ADs- They would eat the stew for dinner+ADw-BR+AD4AJg-gt+ADsAJg-gt+ADs-
+ACY-gt+ADs-leaving leftovers in the pot to get cold overnight and then start
over+ADw-BR+AD4AJg-gt+ADs-the+ADw-BR+AD4AJg-gt+ADsAJg-gt+ADs- +ACY-gt+ADs-next day. Sometimes the stew had food in it that
had been in there for a+ADw-BR+AD4AJg-gt+ADsAJg-gt+ADs- +ACY-gt+ADs-month. Hence the rhyme: peas porridge
hot, peas porridge cold, peas+ADw-BR+AD4AJg-gt+ADsAJg-gt+ADs- +ACY-gt+ADs-porridge in the pot nine days
old.+ACY-quot+ADsAPA-BR+AD4AJg-gt+ADsAJg-gt+ADs- +ACY-gt+ADsAPA-BR+AD4AJg-gt+ADsAJg-gt+ADs- +ACY-gt+ADs-Sometimes they could obtain pork and
would feel really special when that+ADw-BR+AD4AJg-gt+ADsAJg-gt+ADs- +ACY-gt+ADs-happened. When company came
over, they would bring out some bacon and+ADw-BR+AD4AJg-gt+ADs-hang+ADw-BR+AD4AJg-gt+ADsAJg-gt+ADs- +ACY-gt+ADs-it to show
it off.+ACY-nbsp+ADs- It was a sign of wealth and that a man +ACY-quot+ADs-could
really+ADw-BR+AD4AJg-gt+ADsAJg-gt+ADs- +ACY-gt+ADs-bring home the bacon.+ACY-quot+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs- They would cut off a
little to share with guests+ADw-BR+AD4AJg-gt+ADsAJg-gt+ADs- +ACY-gt+ADs-and would all sit around and
+ACY-quot+ADs-chew the fat.+ACY-quot+ADsAPA-BR+AD4AJg-gt+ADsAJg-gt+ADs- +ACY-gt+ADsAPA-BR+AD4AJg-gt+ADsAJg-gt+ADs- +ACY-gt+ADs-Those with money had
plates made of pewter.+ACY-nbsp+ADs- Food with a high acid+ADw-BR+AD4AJg-gt+ADs-content+ADw-BR+AD4AJg-gt+ADsAJg-gt+ADs-
+ACY-gt+ADs-caused some of the lead to leach onto the food.+ACY-nbsp+ADs- This happened
most+ADw-BR+AD4-often+ADw-BR+AD4AJg-gt+ADsAJg-gt+ADs- +ACY-gt+ADs-with tomatoes, so they stopped eating tomatoes . .
. . . . . . . . . . .+ADw-BR+AD4AJg-gt+ADs-.+ADw-BR+AD4AJg-gt+ADsAJg-gt+ADs- +ACY-gt+ADs-.. . for 400 years+ACEAPA-BR+AD4AJg-gt+ADsAJg-gt+ADs-
+ACY-gt+ADsAPA-BR+AD4AJg-gt+ADsAJg-gt+ADs- +ACY-gt+ADs-Most people didn't have pewter plates, but had trenchers -
a piece of+ADw-BR+AD4AJg-gt+ADs-wood+ADw-BR+AD4AJg-gt+ADsAJg-gt+ADs- +ACY-gt+ADs-with the middle scooped out like a
bowl.+ACY-nbsp+ADs- Trenchers were never washed+ADw-BR+AD4-and+ADw-BR+AD4AJg-gt+ADsAJg-gt+ADs- +ACY-gt+ADs-a lot of times
worms got into the wood.+ACY-nbsp+ADs- After eating off
wormy+ADw-BR+AD4AJg-gt+ADs-trenchers,+ADw-BR+AD4AJg-gt+ADsAJg-gt+ADs- +ACY-gt+ADs-they would get +ACY-quot+ADs-trench
mouth.+ACY-quot+ADsAPA-BR+AD4AJg-gt+ADsAJg-gt+ADs- +ACY-gt+ADsAPA-BR+AD4AJg-gt+ADsAJg-gt+ADs- +ACY-gt+ADs-Bread was divided according to
status.+ACY-nbsp+ADs- Workers got the burnt bottom of+ADw-BR+AD4AJg-gt+ADsAJg-gt+ADs- +ACY-gt+ADs-the loaf, the
family got the middle, and guests got the top, or
the+ADw-BR+AD4AJg-gt+ADsAJg-quot+ADs-upper+ADw-BR+AD4AJg-gt+ADsAJg-gt+ADs-
+ACY-gt+ADs-crust+ACY-quot+ADs-.+ADw-BR+AD4AJg-gt+ADsAJg-gt+ADsAPA-BR+AD4APA-/DIV+AD4APA-/BODY+AD4APA-/HTML+AD4-
