badbobby Loc: texas

There is an old pub in Marble Arch ,London,England which had a gallows adjacent to it.Prisoners were taken to the gallows to be hanged.The horse drawn dray carting the prisoners was accompanied by an armed guard who would stop by the pub and ask the prisoner if he wanted one last drink.If the prisoner said "yes"it was referred to as "one for the road".If he declined he was "on the wagon".

They used to use urine to tan animal hides,so families wpuld all pee in the same pot and then once a day it was taken and sold to the tannery.If you had to do this to survive you were "piss poor".But even worse were the really poor folks who didn't have "a pot to piss in"

Here are some facts about the old days
Most people got married in June because they took their yearly bath in May and still smelled pretty good in June.
However since they were starting to smell the bride carried a bouquet of flowers to hide the odor.hence the custom to day of carrying a bouquet when getting married.

Baths in those days consisted of a large tub filled with hot water,the man of the house had the nice clean water then the elder sons,then the women and younger children and finally the babies.By then the water was extremely dirty and a baby could have been lost in it.Hence the saying"dont throw out the baby with the bath water"

Houses then had thatched roofs,thick straw piled high with no wood underneath.it was a place for small animals and vermin to keep warm.When it rained hard the thatch became slippery and sometimes the animals would fall off the roof.Hence "its raining cats and dogs".
There was nothing to stop mice and bugs from falling inside the house,this caused a problem in the bedrooms where vermin could mess up your nice bed.so the beds had big posts with a sheet hung over the top for protection;hence canopied beds

floors in most houses were dirt,only the wealthy had something other than dirt-hence"dirt poor"
some of the wealthy had slate floors that would get slippery when wet.So they spread thresh(straw)on the slate to keep from slipping.as Winter approached they added more thresh until when the door was opened it would slip outside.A piece of wood was placed to block the slippage in the entrance.Hence a "threshold"
Had enough history??

In those old days they cooked in a great pot hung over the fire place.Every day they lit the fire and added things to the pot.They ate mostly vegetables and didn't get much meat.
They would eat dinner and leave the leftovers in the pot over night then start all over the next day.Sometimes food was left in the pot for quite a while,hence the rhyme
"peas porridge hot,peas porridge cold,peas porridge in the pot nine days old"
Sometimes they obtained pork and when they had visitors they would hang the bacon in the living room to show how well off they were.It was a sign that the man of the house "could bring home the bacon".

Lead cups were used to drink ale and other spirits.This would sometimes knock the imbibers out for a couple of days.Sometimes they were mistaken for dead and were prepared for burial.They were laid on the kitchen table and the family would gather round and eat and drink and wait to see if the body would awaken.Hence "holding a wake"

So there you go
There are more history tales
but that will be on another post

Bad Bob Loc: Virginia

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Weewillynobeerspilly Loc: North central Texas

Very interesting, explains alot and look forward to part two.

Thanks,

the waker Loc: 11th freest nation

Good stuff, thanks

Doc110 Loc: York PA

Couldn't help your self, boob, a real dumb ass.

With you its stupidity political all the time, a real dumb ass.

Grow up for once.

Bad Bob Loc: Virginia

Doc, how long did it take to get the boot out of your ass? :lol:

Bad Bob Loc: Virginia

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Grugore

The boob can't help it. He's a loser who is desperate for attention. Why else would he bring politics into a thread that has nothing to do with politics? Truly pathetic.

Bad Bob Loc: Virginia

Grugore how can live with all of your h**e?

Grugore

It's not h**e. It's disgust, mixed with pity.

SamDawkins

That was fascinating! Thank you .

Doc110 Loc: York PA

As quoted in the movie Braveheart.

Theirs something not right in his head.

This post article was about word origin's and humorously compiled information.

Nothing political.

Boob, or badbob just has liberal flatulence of the brain. A liberal blowhard.

Grugore

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DamnYANKEE

Yah . Hes 1 of a kind , isn't he :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll:

sissymary

Ring around the rozy (a ring around a red sore on your skin), pockets full of posies (they put flowers in the pockets of the dead), ashes ashes we all fall down, (fall down as in dead), ashes ashes, (they burned the bodies of the dead). Ever hear this nursery rhyme when girls skipped rope when they were young. It's from/about the black death or plague.