{"id":28053,"date":"2018-08-10T06:13:24","date_gmt":"2018-08-10T06:13:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=28053"},"modified":"2018-08-10T07:03:19","modified_gmt":"2018-08-10T07:03:19","slug":"whoever-said-history-was-boring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/whoever-said-history-was-boring\/","title":{"rendered":"Whoever Said History was Boring?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-size: 48px;\">\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 36px;\"><em>Whoever Said History was Boring?<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/B1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-28054 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/B1-300x238.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"238\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<div id=\"x_-1314159461ydp396d8cbcyiv4326209144x_m_-1923945778813716654m_8481872749166346364m_-2247654868797038001m_5186250019366633976m_8564291631624116749m_-5177378795577017316m_3835606329145976713m_4244412874191239971ydpe439d0cdyiv5399440623ydp24de8354yiv8801550839ydp2d3406fayiv2268556411aolmail_m_2342744874451019978yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1531148724003_3293\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"x_-1314159461ydp396d8cbcyiv4326209144MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; color: #800080;\">\u201cThey used to use urine to tan animal skins, so families used to all pee in a pot.<span style=\"color: #800080; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">Once a day it was taken and sold to the tannery.<\/span><span style=\"color: #800080; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">If you had to do this to survive, you were<span style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #339966; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><em>\u2018piss poor.\u2019<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"x_-1314159461ydp396d8cbcyiv4326209144MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; color: #800080;\">But worse than that were the really poor folks who couldn\u2019t even afford to buy a pot.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"x_-1314159461ydp396d8cbcyiv4326209144MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; color: #800080;\">They \u2018didn\u2019t have a pot to piss in\u2019 and were considered the lowest of the low.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/B2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-28055 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/B2-231x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"231\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #800080;\">\u201cMost people got married in June because they took their yearly bath in May, and<span class=\"x_-1314159461ydp396d8cbcyiv4326209144xm-1923945778813716654m8481872749166346364m-2247654868797038001m5186250019366633976m8564291631624116749m-5177378795577017316m3835606329145976713m4244412874191239971ydpe439d0cdyiv5399440623ydp24de8354yiv8801550839ydp2d3406fayiv2268556411aolmail\">\u00a0<\/span>they still smelled pretty good by June.\u00a0 However, since they were starting to<span class=\"x_-1314159461ydp396d8cbcyiv4326209144xm-1923945778813716654m8481872749166346364m-2247654868797038001m5186250019366633976m8564291631624116749m-5177378795577017316m3835606329145976713m4244412874191239971ydpe439d0cdyiv5399440623ydp24de8354yiv8801550839ydp2d3406fayiv2268556411aolmail\">\u00a0<\/span>smell,<span class=\"x_-1314159461ydp396d8cbcyiv4326209144xm-1923945778813716654m8481872749166346364m-2247654868797038001m5186250019366633976m8564291631624116749m-5177378795577017316m3835606329145976713m4244412874191239971ydpe439d0cdyiv5399440623ydp24de8354yiv8801550839ydp2d3406fayiv2268556411aolmail\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif; color: #339966;\"><em>brides carried a bouquet of flowers to hide the body odor. Hence the custom<span class=\"x_-1314159461ydp396d8cbcyiv4326209144xm-1923945778813716654m8481872749166346364m-2247654868797038001m5186250019366633976m8564291631624116749m-5177378795577017316m3835606329145976713m4244412874191239971ydpe439d0cdyiv5399440623ydp24de8354yiv8801550839ydp2d3406fayiv2268556411aolmail\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"x_-1314159461ydp396d8cbcyiv4326209144xm-1923945778813716654m8481872749166346364m-2247654868797038001m5186250019366633976m8564291631624116749m-5177378795577017316m3835606329145976713m4244412874191239971ydpe439d0cdyiv5399440623ydp24de8354yiv8801550839ydp2d3406fayiv2268556411aolmail\">today\u00a0<\/span>of carrying a bouquet when getting married.\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/B3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-28057 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/B3-289x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"289\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"x_-1314159461ydp396d8cbcyiv4326209144MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #800080;\">\u201cBaths consisted of a big tub filled with hot water.\u00a0 The man of the house had the<span class=\"x_-1314159461ydp396d8cbcyiv4326209144xm-1923945778813716654m8481872749166346364m-2247654868797038001m5186250019366633976m8564291631624116749m-5177378795577017316m3835606329145976713m4244412874191239971ydpe439d0cdyiv5399440623ydp24de8354yiv8801550839ydp2d3406fayiv2268556411aolmail\">\u00a0<\/span>privilege of the nice clean water, then all the other sons and men, then the women,<span class=\"x_-1314159461ydp396d8cbcyiv4326209144xm-1923945778813716654m8481872749166346364m-2247654868797038001m5186250019366633976m8564291631624116749m-5177378795577017316m3835606329145976713m4244412874191239971ydpe439d0cdyiv5399440623ydp24de8354yiv8801550839ydp2d3406fayiv2268556411aolmail\">\u00a0<\/span>and finally the children. Last of all the babies.<\/span><span style=\"color: #800080; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">By then the water was so dirty you<\/span><span class=\"x_-1314159461ydp396d8cbcyiv4326209144xm-1923945778813716654m8481872749166346364m-2247654868797038001m5186250019366633976m8564291631624116749m-5177378795577017316m3835606329145976713m4244412874191239971ydpe439d0cdyiv5399440623ydp24de8354yiv8801550839ydp2d3406fayiv2268556411aolmail\" style=\"color: #800080; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #800080; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">could actually lose someone in it.<\/span><span style=\"color: #800080; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">Hence the saying,<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif; color: #339966;\"><span class=\"x_-1314159461ydp396d8cbcyiv4326209144xm-1923945778813716654m8481872749166346364m-2247654868797038001m5186250019366633976m8564291631624116749m-5177378795577017316m3835606329145976713m4244412874191239971ydpe439d0cdyiv5399440623ydp24de8354yiv8801550839ydp2d3406fayiv2268556411aolmail\" style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0<\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u2018Don\u2019t throw the baby out<\/span><span class=\"x_-1314159461ydp396d8cbcyiv4326209144xm-1923945778813716654m8481872749166346364m-2247654868797038001m5186250019366633976m8564291631624116749m-5177378795577017316m3835606329145976713m4244412874191239971ydpe439d0cdyiv5399440623ydp24de8354yiv8801550839ydp2d3406fayiv2268556411aolmail\" style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/span><span style=\"color: #800080; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\"><em><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif; color: #339966;\">with the bath water!<\/span><\/em>\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/B4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-28058 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/B4-300x298.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"298\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"x_-1314159461ydp396d8cbcyiv4326209144MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #800080;\">\u201c<span style=\"color: #339966;\"><em><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\">Houses had thatched roofs with thick straw-piled high and no wood underneath<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"x_-1314159461ydp396d8cbcyiv4326209144MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #800080;\">It was the only place for animals to get warm, so all the cats and other small animals<span class=\"x_-1314159461ydp396d8cbcyiv4326209144xm-1923945778813716654m8481872749166346364m-2247654868797038001m5186250019366633976m8564291631624116749m-5177378795577017316m3835606329145976713m4244412874191239971ydpe439d0cdyiv5399440623ydp24de8354yiv8801550839ydp2d3406fayiv2268556411aolmail\">\u00a0<\/span>(mice, bugs) lived in the roof. When it rained, it became slippery and sometimes<span class=\"x_-1314159461ydp396d8cbcyiv4326209144xm-1923945778813716654m8481872749166346364m-2247654868797038001m5186250019366633976m8564291631624116749m-5177378795577017316m3835606329145976713m4244412874191239971ydpe439d0cdyiv5399440623ydp24de8354yiv8801550839ydp2d3406fayiv2268556411aolmail\">\u00a0<\/span>the animals would slip and fall off the roof.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #800080; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">Hence the saying,<\/span><span class=\"x_-1314159461ydp396d8cbcyiv4326209144xm-1923945778813716654m8481872749166346364m-2247654868797038001m5186250019366633976m8564291631624116749m-5177378795577017316m3835606329145976713m4244412874191239971ydpe439d0cdyiv5399440623ydp24de8354yiv8801550839ydp2d3406fayiv2268556411aolmail\" style=\"color: #800080; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><em><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u2018It\u2019s raining cats and<\/span><span class=\"x_-1314159461ydp396d8cbcyiv4326209144xm-1923945778813716654m8481872749166346364m-2247654868797038001m5186250019366633976m8564291631624116749m-5177378795577017316m3835606329145976713m4244412874191239971ydpe439d0cdyiv5399440623ydp24de8354yiv8801550839ydp2d3406fayiv2268556411aolmail\" style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/span><span style=\"color: #800080; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><em><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\">dogs<\/span><\/em><\/span>.\u2019<\/span><span class=\"x_-1314159461ydp396d8cbcyiv4326209144xm-1923945778813716654m8481872749166346364m-2247654868797038001m5186250019366633976m8564291631624116749m-5177378795577017316m3835606329145976713m4244412874191239971ydpe439d0cdyiv5399440623ydp24de8354yiv8801550839ydp2d3406fayiv2268556411aolmail\" style=\"color: #800080; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #800080; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">There was nothing to stop things from falling into the house. This posed a<\/span><span class=\"x_-1314159461ydp396d8cbcyiv4326209144xm-1923945778813716654m8481872749166346364m-2247654868797038001m5186250019366633976m8564291631624116749m-5177378795577017316m3835606329145976713m4244412874191239971ydpe439d0cdyiv5399440623ydp24de8354yiv8801550839ydp2d3406fayiv2268556411aolmail\" style=\"color: #800080; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #800080; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">real problem in the bedroom where bugs and other droppings could mess up your<\/span><span class=\"x_-1314159461ydp396d8cbcyiv4326209144xm-1923945778813716654m8481872749166346364m-2247654868797038001m5186250019366633976m8564291631624116749m-5177378795577017316m3835606329145976713m4244412874191239971ydpe439d0cdyiv5399440623ydp24de8354yiv8801550839ydp2d3406fayiv2268556411aolmail\" style=\"color: #800080; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #800080; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">nice clean bed.<\/span><span class=\"x_-1314159461ydp396d8cbcyiv4326209144xm-1923945778813716654m8481872749166346364m-2247654868797038001m5186250019366633976m8564291631624116749m-5177378795577017316m3835606329145976713m4244412874191239971ydpe439d0cdyiv5399440623ydp24de8354yiv8801550839ydp2d3406fayiv2268556411aolmail\" style=\"color: #800080; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #800080; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\"><em><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif; color: #339966;\">Hence, a bed with big posts and a sheet hung over the top afforded some protection. That\u2019s how canopy beds came into existence<\/span><\/em>.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/B5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-28060\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/B5-300x293.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"293\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; color: #800080;\">\u201cThe floor was dirt. Only the wealthy had something other than dirt.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #800080; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">Hence the term,<\/span><span class=\"x_-1314159461ydp396d8cbcyiv4326209144xm-1923945778813716654m8481872749166346364m-2247654868797038001m5186250019366633976m8564291631624116749m-5177378795577017316m3835606329145976713m4244412874191239971ydpe439d0cdyiv5399440623ydp24de8354yiv8801550839ydp2d3406fayiv2268556411aolmail\" style=\"color: #800080; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #800080; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">\u2018<em><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif; color: #339966;\">dirt poor<\/span><\/em>.\u2019 The wealthy had slate floors that would get slippery in the winter when wet,<\/span><span class=\"x_-1314159461ydp396d8cbcyiv4326209144xm-1923945778813716654m8481872749166346364m-2247654868797038001m5186250019366633976m8564291631624116749m-5177378795577017316m3835606329145976713m4244412874191239971ydpe439d0cdyiv5399440623ydp24de8354yiv8801550839ydp2d3406fayiv2268556411aolmail\" style=\"color: #800080; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #800080; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">so they spread thresh (straw) on the floor to help keep their footing. As the winter wore<\/span><span class=\"x_-1314159461ydp396d8cbcyiv4326209144xm-1923945778813716654m8481872749166346364m-2247654868797038001m5186250019366633976m8564291631624116749m-5177378795577017316m3835606329145976713m4244412874191239971ydpe439d0cdyiv5399440623ydp24de8354yiv8801550839ydp2d3406fayiv2268556411aolmail\" style=\"color: #800080; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #800080; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">on, they added more thresh until, when you opened the door, it would all start slipping<\/span><span class=\"x_-1314159461ydp396d8cbcyiv4326209144xm-1923945778813716654m8481872749166346364m-2247654868797038001m5186250019366633976m8564291631624116749m-5177378795577017316m3835606329145976713m4244412874191239971ydpe439d0cdyiv5399440623ydp24de8354yiv8801550839ydp2d3406fayiv2268556411aolmail\" style=\"color: #800080; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #800080; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">outside. A piece of wood was placed in the entrance-way.\u00a0 Hence, \u2018<span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif; color: #339966;\">a thresh hold<\/span>.\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/B6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-28061 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/B6-287x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"287\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"x_-1314159461ydp396d8cbcyiv4326209144MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: #ffffff; color: #800080;\">\u201cIn those old days, they cooked in the kitchen with a big kettle that always hung over the fire.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #800080; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">Every day, they lit the fire and added things to the pot. They ate mostly vegetables and did<\/span><span class=\"x_-1314159461ydp396d8cbcyiv4326209144xm-1923945778813716654m8481872749166346364m-2247654868797038001m5186250019366633976m8564291631624116749m-5177378795577017316m3835606329145976713m4244412874191239971ydpe439d0cdyiv5399440623ydp24de8354yiv8801550839ydp2d3406fayiv2268556411aolmail\" style=\"color: #800080; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #800080; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">not get much meat. They would eat the stew for dinner, leaving leftovers in the pot to get<\/span><span class=\"x_-1314159461ydp396d8cbcyiv4326209144xm-1923945778813716654m8481872749166346364m-2247654868797038001m5186250019366633976m8564291631624116749m-5177378795577017316m3835606329145976713m4244412874191239971ydpe439d0cdyiv5399440623ydp24de8354yiv8801550839ydp2d3406fayiv2268556411aolmail\" style=\"color: #800080; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #800080; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">cold overnight and then start over the next day. Sometimes stew had food in it that had<\/span><span class=\"x_-1314159461ydp396d8cbcyiv4326209144xm-1923945778813716654m8481872749166346364m-2247654868797038001m5186250019366633976m8564291631624116749m-5177378795577017316m3835606329145976713m4244412874191239971ydpe439d0cdyiv5399440623ydp24de8354yiv8801550839ydp2d3406fayiv2268556411aolmail\" style=\"color: #800080; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #800080; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">been there for quite a while.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"x_-1314159461ydp396d8cbcyiv4326209144MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: #ffffff; color: #800080;\"><span class=\"x_-1314159461ydp396d8cbcyiv4326209144xm-1923945778813716654m8481872749166346364m-2247654868797038001m5186250019366633976m8564291631624116749m-5177378795577017316m3835606329145976713m4244412874191239971ydpe439d0cdyiv5399440623ydp24de8354yiv8801550839ydp2d3406fayiv2268556411aolmail\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #800080; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">Hence the rhyme,<\/span><span class=\"x_-1314159461ydp396d8cbcyiv4326209144xm-1923945778813716654m8481872749166346364m-2247654868797038001m5186250019366633976m8564291631624116749m-5177378795577017316m3835606329145976713m4244412874191239971ydpe439d0cdyiv5399440623ydp24de8354yiv8801550839ydp2d3406fayiv2268556411aolmail\" style=\"color: #800080; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #800080; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><em><span style=\"color: #339966;\">\u2018Peas porridge hot, peas porridge cold, peas porridge in the pot nine days old<\/span><\/em><\/span>.\u2019<\/span><span class=\"x_-1314159461ydp396d8cbcyiv4326209144xm-1923945778813716654m8481872749166346364m-2247654868797038001m5186250019366633976m8564291631624116749m-5177378795577017316m3835606329145976713m4244412874191239971ydpe439d0cdyiv5399440623ydp24de8354yiv8801550839ydp2d3406fayiv2268556411aolmail\" style=\"color: #800080; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #800080; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">Sometimes they could obtain pork, which made them feel quite special. When visitors came over, they would hang up their bacon to show<\/span><span class=\"x_-1314159461ydp396d8cbcyiv4326209144xm-1923945778813716654m8481872749166346364m-2247654868797038001m5186250019366633976m8564291631624116749m-5177378795577017316m3835606329145976713m4244412874191239971ydpe439d0cdyiv5399440623ydp24de8354yiv8801550839ydp2d3406fayiv2268556411aolmail\" style=\"color: #800080; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #800080; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">off. <em><span style=\"color: #339966; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\">It was a sign of wealth that a man could \u2018bring home the bacon<\/span><\/em>.\u2019 They would cut off a<\/span><span class=\"x_-1314159461ydp396d8cbcyiv4326209144xm-1923945778813716654m8481872749166346364m-2247654868797038001m5186250019366633976m8564291631624116749m-5177378795577017316m3835606329145976713m4244412874191239971ydpe439d0cdyiv5399440623ydp24de8354yiv8801550839ydp2d3406fayiv2268556411aolmail\" style=\"color: #800080; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #800080; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">little to share with guests, and would all sit around and<\/span><span class=\"x_-1314159461ydp396d8cbcyiv4326209144xm-1923945778813716654m8481872749166346364m-2247654868797038001m5186250019366633976m8564291631624116749m-5177378795577017316m3835606329145976713m4244412874191239971ydpe439d0cdyiv5399440623ydp24de8354yiv8801550839ydp2d3406fayiv2268556411aolmail\" style=\"color: #800080; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #800080; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">\u2018<span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif; color: #339966;\"><em>chew the fat<\/em><\/span>.\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/B7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-28062\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/B7-300x236.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"236\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"x_-1314159461ydp396d8cbcyiv4326209144MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; color: #800080;\">\u201cThose with money had plates made of pewter. Food with high acid content caused some<span class=\"x_-1314159461ydp396d8cbcyiv4326209144xm-1923945778813716654m8481872749166346364m-2247654868797038001m5186250019366633976m8564291631624116749m-5177378795577017316m3835606329145976713m4244412874191239971ydpe439d0cdyiv5399440623ydp24de8354yiv8801550839ydp2d3406fayiv2268556411aolmail\">\u00a0<\/span>of the lead to leach onto the food, causing lead poisoning death. This happened most often<span class=\"x_-1314159461ydp396d8cbcyiv4326209144xm-1923945778813716654m8481872749166346364m-2247654868797038001m5186250019366633976m8564291631624116749m-5177378795577017316m3835606329145976713m4244412874191239971ydpe439d0cdyiv5399440623ydp24de8354yiv8801550839ydp2d3406fayiv2268556411aolmail\">\u00a0<\/span>with tomatoes, so<span class=\"x_-1314159461ydp396d8cbcyiv4326209144xm-1923945778813716654m8481872749166346364m-2247654868797038001m5186250019366633976m8564291631624116749m-5177378795577017316m3835606329145976713m4244412874191239971ydpe439d0cdyiv5399440623ydp24de8354yiv8801550839ydp2d3406fayiv2268556411aolmail\">\u00a0<\/span><em><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif; color: #339966;\">for the next 400 years or so, tomatoes were considered poisonous<\/span><\/em>.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"x_-1314159461ydp396d8cbcyiv4326209144MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; color: #800080;\">Bread was divided according to status. Workers got the burnt bottom of the loaf, the family<span class=\"x_-1314159461ydp396d8cbcyiv4326209144xm-1923945778813716654m8481872749166346364m-2247654868797038001m5186250019366633976m8564291631624116749m-5177378795577017316m3835606329145976713m4244412874191239971ydpe439d0cdyiv5399440623ydp24de8354yiv8801550839ydp2d3406fayiv2268556411aolmail\">\u00a0<\/span>got the middle, and guests got the top, or the<span class=\"x_-1314159461ydp396d8cbcyiv4326209144xm-1923945778813716654m8481872749166346364m-2247654868797038001m5186250019366633976m8564291631624116749m-5177378795577017316m3835606329145976713m4244412874191239971ydpe439d0cdyiv5399440623ydp24de8354yiv8801550839ydp2d3406fayiv2268556411aolmail\">\u00a0<\/span>\u2018<span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><em><span style=\"color: #339966;\">upper crust<\/span><\/em><\/span>.\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/B8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-28063 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/B8-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"299\" height=\"199\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"x_-1314159461ydp396d8cbcyiv4326209144MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #800080;\">\u201cLead cups were used to drink ale or whisky. The combination would sometimes knock the<span class=\"x_-1314159461ydp396d8cbcyiv4326209144xm-1923945778813716654m8481872749166346364m-2247654868797038001m5186250019366633976m8564291631624116749m-5177378795577017316m3835606329145976713m4244412874191239971ydpe439d0cdyiv5399440623ydp24de8354yiv8801550839ydp2d3406fayiv2268556411aolmail\">\u00a0<\/span>imbibers out for a couple of days.\u00a0 Someone walking along the road would take them for<span class=\"x_-1314159461ydp396d8cbcyiv4326209144xm-1923945778813716654m8481872749166346364m-2247654868797038001m5186250019366633976m8564291631624116749m-5177378795577017316m3835606329145976713m4244412874191239971ydpe439d0cdyiv5399440623ydp24de8354yiv8801550839ydp2d3406fayiv2268556411aolmail\">\u00a0<\/span>dead and prepare them for burial They were laid out on the kitchen table for a couple of<span class=\"x_-1314159461ydp396d8cbcyiv4326209144xm-1923945778813716654m8481872749166346364m-2247654868797038001m5186250019366633976m8564291631624116749m-5177378795577017316m3835606329145976713m4244412874191239971ydpe439d0cdyiv5399440623ydp24de8354yiv8801550839ydp2d3406fayiv2268556411aolmail\">\u00a0<\/span>days and the family would gather around and eat and drink and wait and see if they would<span class=\"x_-1314159461ydp396d8cbcyiv4326209144xm-1923945778813716654m8481872749166346364m-2247654868797038001m5186250019366633976m8564291631624116749m-5177378795577017316m3835606329145976713m4244412874191239971ydpe439d0cdyiv5399440623ydp24de8354yiv8801550839ydp2d3406fayiv2268556411aolmail\">\u00a0<\/span>wake up.\u00a0 Hence<span class=\"x_-1314159461ydp396d8cbcyiv4326209144xm-1923945778813716654m8481872749166346364m-2247654868797038001m5186250019366633976m8564291631624116749m-5177378795577017316m3835606329145976713m4244412874191239971ydpe439d0cdyiv5399440623ydp24de8354yiv8801550839ydp2d3406fayiv2268556411aolmail\">\u00a0<\/span>the custom of<span class=\"x_-1314159461ydp396d8cbcyiv4326209144xm-1923945778813716654m8481872749166346364m-2247654868797038001m5186250019366633976m8564291631624116749m-5177378795577017316m3835606329145976713m4244412874191239971ydpe439d0cdyiv5399440623ydp24de8354yiv8801550839ydp2d3406fayiv2268556411aolmail\">\u00a0<\/span><em><span style=\"color: #339966; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\">\u2018holding a \u2018wake<\/span><\/em>.\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/B9.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-28064 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/B9-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"x_-1314159461ydp396d8cbcyiv4326209144MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">\u201c<span style=\"color: #800080;\">In old, small villages, local folks started running out of places to bury people. So they<span class=\"x_-1314159461ydp396d8cbcyiv4326209144xm-1923945778813716654m8481872749166346364m-2247654868797038001m5186250019366633976m8564291631624116749m-5177378795577017316m3835606329145976713m4244412874191239971ydpe439d0cdyiv5399440623ydp24de8354yiv8801550839ydp2d3406fayiv2268556411aolmail\">\u00a0<\/span>would dig up coffins and would take the bones to a bone-house, and reuse the grave.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #800080; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">When reopening these coffins, 1 out of 25 coffins were found to have scratch markson the inside, and they realized they had been burying people alive.So they would tiea string on the wrist of the corpse, lead it through the coffin and up through the groundand tie it to a bell. Someone would have to sit out in the graveyard all night\u00a0<em><span style=\"color: #339966; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\">(\u2018the graveyardshift\u2019)\u00a0<\/span><\/em>to listen for the bell.Thus, someone could be <span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><em><span style=\"color: #339966;\">\u2018saved by the bell<\/span><\/em><\/span>,\u2019 or wasconsidered a \u2018dead ringer.\u2019<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Now, whoever said history was boring?\u201d<\/span><span 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