dgmodel Posted June 14 Report Share Posted June 14 here's for everyone that loves random ifo like moi.....Here are some facts about the 1500s: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 dogs, 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 really 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 the floor to help keep their footing. As the winter wore on, they kept 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 the 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 and 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 "upper crust."Lead cups were used to drink ale or whisky. 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 was 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 re-opening 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 thought 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, a job known as the "graveyard shift", to listen for the bell; thus, someone could be "saved by the bell" or was considered a "dead ringer..." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naughtybabe Posted June 14 Report Share Posted June 14 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."...This is gross and wrong how can they leave the babies last.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgmodel Posted June 14 Author Report Share Posted June 14 maybe because the water was too hot and could burn the child~!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naughtybabe Posted June 14 Report Share Posted June 14 Ohh yea so lets just wait for it to get cold and black... Great way to keep babies healthy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgmodel Posted June 14 Author Report Share Posted June 14 i would imagine the bacteria is dead once the heat and soap get involved but who knows who cares.. they made it some how its over 500 years ago and we're still here... Mystify 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fliptoniaaa Posted June 14 Report Share Posted June 14 id like to get high with dg, and just conversate....im sure we would get into the depths of what deep conversations would be about!!!!!!!!!!!! it might make our heads spin after a while....i did this once with a buddy...we actually started just trying to really figure out the theory of relativety......we were just incredibly high, and it got to the point where we just had to stop talking cuz it was getting ctazy....things were making too much sense in our minds....but the rest of the world isnt ready for that !!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
georgym Posted June 14 Report Share Posted June 14 To see what life was like in medieval days, go read Timeline Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgmodel Posted June 14 Author Report Share Posted June 14 id like to get high with dg, and just conversate....im sure we would get into the depths of what deep conversations would be about!!!!!!!!!!!! it might make our heads spin after a while....i did this once with a buddy...we actually started just trying to really figure out the theory of relativety......we were just incredibly high, and it got to the point where we just had to stop talking cuz it was getting ctazy....things were making too much sense in our minds....but the rest of the world isnt ready for that !!!!!!!!!!!! throw a couple of drinks in the mix and im in... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fliptoniaaa Posted June 14 Report Share Posted June 14 throw a couple of drinks in the mix and im in... well then its a celebration........bitches!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgmodel Posted June 14 Author Report Share Posted June 14 before the summer is up ill be down in fl... maybe then~!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fliptoniaaa Posted June 14 Report Share Posted June 14 u let me know...ill be here!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solbeam Posted June 14 Report Share Posted June 14 can you please post this conversation on cp... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deepspell Posted June 14 Report Share Posted June 14 nothing like being Blissted and having a long bullshit convo.....good times Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkyfreshdc Posted June 14 Report Share Posted June 14 i would imagine the bacteria is dead once the heat and soap get involvedkinda like a hot tub. those are really sanitary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgmodel Posted June 14 Author Report Share Posted June 14 is there soap involved in the hottub~!? typically not... however jacuzzi brands (and im sure their competitors) has a water filtration device which keeps hottubbing fun and sanitary~! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkyfreshdc Posted June 14 Report Share Posted June 14 oh ok i forgot they were using those in the 1500s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgmodel Posted June 15 Author Report Share Posted June 15 nope no hottubs then either... but they did have soap~! yo whatever who gives a fuck... theyre filthy fucks and we love'em for it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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