Good Old Days My Ass by David A. Fryxell

Author:David A. Fryxell [Fryxell, David A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-4403-2246-4
Publisher: F+W Media
Published: 2012-12-14T05:00:00+00:00

7 HOME IS WHERE THE HORROR IS

The Dirty Truth About Yesterday’s Houses

334 This may be why shoes were invented

The floors of houses were originally just bare earth covered with dried rushes. Although new rushes might be laid down twice a year, the old ones were simply left underneath. A thick floor was considered a sign of a family’s status—and made an ideal nesting ground for insects, rodents, and plague germs.

335 Why is the shirt you need always at the bottom?

The chest of drawers didn’t appear until the 1600s, when someone had the bright idea to put, well, drawers into a chest. Prior to that breakthrough, people kept everything they owned in trunks, whose domed lids helped the rain run off when the trucks were toted from place to place.

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