[Jimbo]

> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>> Very Interesting Facts
> >>>>
> >>>>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 the1500s:
> >>>>Mostpeople 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 offlowers 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 childrenLast 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 theanimals would slip and 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 adding 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