Life in the 1500's

Factual Questions
1

I just got this cool email about life in the 1500’s. It certainly seems plausible for the most part, and very interesting, but whenever I get things like this I’m always curious to know how accurate this stuff really is.

So tell me, is all this true? to what extent?

Here it is:

2

Gotta be true. We all know what good climbers dogs are.

Let’s see, what else. People took baths yearly, but still had nice clean bedding? That can’t be right.

3

Try this resource.
http://www.renaissance.dm.net/compendium/

4

None of it’s true. It’s on Snopes, if you want the explanations…

5

OK, well color me naive and sell me a bridge. That’s why I come here.

6

Snopes’ take on this one. In general, when you’re trying to verify chain e-mails like this one, Snopes is the place to start. Even more generally, if you need to ask for verification on a chain e-mail, it’s probably false.

7

Damn, beat me to it Chronos. I was going to post the link myself to regain some of the credibility I may have had before opening this thread. Well, what the heck, here it is anyway:
http://www.snopes.com/spoons/fracture/1500.htm

8

Also in the 1500s, it was tradition for a bride’s veil to be nine yards long. After the wedding, the nine square yards of material was made into a man’s suit, which was sent to the colonies on a ship with nine yard arms. Once it arrived, it was placed in a cement mixer with a capacity of nine cubic yards…

Needless to say, :wink:

9

Here’s another debunking in case you’re interested (scroll down to “Words to the Wise”).

Geez, don’t feel too bad, Moe. If you feel you really must atone, though, we could put you through that marvelous 16th century invention - the Spanking Tunnel! (The Elizabethans thought you were “reborn” after a trip through the Tunnel, hence the term, “brand spanking new.”)