HOW WE LIVED 700 YEARS AGO!
* Most people got married in June because they took their yearly bath in May and still smelled okay 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.
* Children were bathed in water already used for bathing and ablutions and were the last in the family. Hence came the saying:"Don't throw the baby out with the bath water."
* Children were bathed in water already used for bathing and ablutions and were the last in the family. Hence came the saying:"Don't throw the baby out with the bath water."
* Houses had thick and thatched roofs 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 on 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."
* It took as many as 10 days to one month for marriage ceremonies to complete in South Asia if the distance was anything more than 60-70 kms between the bride and bridegrooms house.* Breads in the west and chappatis in South Asia were divided according to status. Workers got the burnt bottom of the loaf, the family got the middle, and guests got the top.
* If one wants to learn about the social order of the past, look at the chess board and you get to know everything. After the King came the queen, then the Bishop followed by warriors, cavalrymen on horses and elephants and then the soldiers.
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