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FINDING
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. Also the origin of some traditions when
revealed show that they are not worth continuing or fighting over.
Here are some facts for pondering
workshops together, about the accepted facts of lifestyle in the 1500s….
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Most people in Europe got married
in June because they took their yearly bath in May in the spring warmth, and
still smelled pretty good by June. However, they were starting to smell, so
brides carried a fragrant bouquet of flowers to hide the body odour. Hence the custom
today of carrying a bouquet when getting married. Fathers also escorted their
daughters to the altar to ensure they collected the bride price before handing
over the girl. Many today choose wisely to discard some of these antiquated
habits as not suitable for their lifestyle of light in this Era of Galactic
revelation to all. Choices are being made based on facts and then progress in the
light presence can become full.
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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’…Today
the baby is safeguarded with more hygienic practices in most places as they are
no longer confined to fictional male superiority and lack of care due to male
games played.
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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. Hence the saying, ‘It’s raining cats and dogs.’
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There was nothing to stop things
from falling into the house. This posed a real problem in the bedroom where bugs
and other dropping could mess up your nice clean bed. Hence the original need
for a bed with big posts and a sheet hung over the tops afforded some
protection. That’s how canopy beds came into existence. Screens and nets gave
further protection from the livestock.
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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 added 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'.
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In those old days, in cold areas
they cooked in the kitchen with a big kettle that always hung over the fire and
also kept the area warmer.
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.
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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…” Not the most hygienic or
healthy meal. In warmer environments the cooking fire was placed outside or in a
ground ovens of hot rocks.
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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” during discussions.
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Those with money had plates made of
pewter instead of pottery and leaves. Food with high acid content caused some of
the lead to leach onto the food, causing lead poisoning deaths. This happened
most often with tomatoes, so for the next 400 years or so, tomatoes were
considered poisonous when in fact it was the metal containers.
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Bread was divided according to
status. Workers got the burnt bottom of the loaf, the family got the middle and
the esteemed guests got the top or the “upper crust”. The ‘upper crust’ people
then came to be a description for the prestigious authority figures in society.
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Lead cups were used to drink ale or
whisky. The combination would sometimes knock the imbibers out ‘cold’ for a
couple of days and reduce the heart rate to near nothing. 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' before the burial.
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Europe is 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
reopening these coffins, 1 out of 25 coffins were found to have scratch marks on
the inside and they realised they had been burying people alive who had
eventually recovered from their drunken stupor in the coffin. So 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 grave yard
all night (“the graveyard shift”), to listen for the bell; thus, someone could
be saved by the bell or was considered a …”dead ringer”…- a description for
their same face appearing alive after being thought dead.
And that’s the truth. By research
and study we come to unveil the dark secrets and find the wise choices for our
lifestyle times. Discard the " inherited lies' and traditions and be wise in
your choice of movements for both your own benefit and for others.
Peace will flow from you
then to others who want that valuable corma blessing of wisdom.
Your wisdom is a
blessing of peace and light to this time and all who reside on this planet with
you.
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