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Things you do now passed from medieval times...

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

Shaking hands with somebody was a greeting to show you were unarmed and a sign of trust.

The salute derives from raising a knights visor as a sign of respect before a joust.

Cheers.

The smashing together of tankards was to splash together any liquid so they all contained said liquid. If any drink was poisoned, they all were.

Any others?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Too tired to think... I feel flipping Medieval just now!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Drink beer

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By *eesideMan
over a year ago

margate sumwear by the sea

Archery

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Curtesy to the Queen.

Ride my horse through London

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

bushcraft

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By *iSTARessWoman
over a year ago

London

Poop in a ditch?

(I don't poop in ditches)

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Poop in a ditch?

(I don't poop in ditches) "

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

the most common of all

fishing

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Pee in a bush...I have! Lol

Spin fleece and dye wool. Shear sheep, grow food...

Get d*unk and fall over, walk to work. Were our lives really so different?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

debauchery and gangbangs originated from the battle fields when there was no women about they would all put a penny in the pot the one who did not get one got a crown afterwards and they took turns on a soldier

hence the term in for a penny in for pound

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"debauchery and gangbangs originated from the battle fields when there was no women about they would all put a penny in the pot the one who did not get one got a crown afterwards and they took turns on a soldier

hence the term in for a penny in for pound"

If you had a chance of losing in that way, surely you wouldn't want to play?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"debauchery and gangbangs originated from the battle fields when there was no women about they would all put a penny in the pot the one who did not get one got a crown afterwards and they took turns on a soldier

hence the term in for a penny in for pound

If you had a chance of losing in that way, surely you wouldn't want to play?"

Maybe they liked it.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"debauchery and gangbangs originated from the battle fields when there was no women about they would all put a penny in the pot the one who did not get one got a crown afterwards and they took turns on a soldier

hence the term in for a penny in for pound

If you had a chance of losing in that way, surely you wouldn't want to play?"
they had no choice as the commanders had bigger swords and those that refused well became a medieval whore bag

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By *iSTARessWoman
over a year ago

London

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

2 more things that are still in use today

using a compass and wearing glasses

(just googled it)

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By *iSTARessWoman
over a year ago

London


"debauchery and gangbangs originated from the battle fields when there was no women about they would all put a penny in the pot the one who did not get one got a crown afterwards and they took turns on a soldier

hence the term in for a penny in for pound"

That's brilliant but is there anything that confirms this? Google isn't giving me much joy

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

eating swans

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

Apparently although I'm not sure if it's an urban myth, the term FUCK came from then as well. A plaque used to have to be put above someone's door with those letters on it.

Fornication Under Consent of the King

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

pinter on medieval sex also cross dressing lol altthough it was women who did that its reversed now lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

medievalists.net

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By *candiumWoman
over a year ago

oban

Saying bless you.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

If something is worth doing then it is a case of in for a penny, in for a pound, which means that when gambling or taking a chance, you might as well go the whole way and take all the risks, not just some."

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

enemas,,still used today!,,but in medieval times

Enemas in medieval times were performed by devices called clysters. A clyster was a long metal tube with a cup on the end. The tube would be entered into the anus and a medicinal fluid poured into the cup. The fluid would then be introduced into the colon by a series of pumping actions. Although warm soapy water is used for enemas today, things were a little more earthy back then: one of the most common fluids finding its way into a clyster was a concoction of boar’s bile.

hmmm,,boars bile

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"enemas,,still used today!,,but in medieval times

Enemas in medieval times were performed by devices called clysters. A clyster was a long metal tube with a cup on the end. The tube would be entered into the anus and a medicinal fluid poured into the cup. The fluid would then be introduced into the colon by a series of pumping actions. Although warm soapy water is used for enemas today, things were a little more earthy back then: one of the most common fluids finding its way into a clyster was a concoction of boar’s bile.

hmmm,,boars bile

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you mispelt whore

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"enemas,,still used today!,,but in medieval times

Enemas in medieval times were performed by devices called clysters. A clyster was a long metal tube with a cup on the end. The tube would be entered into the anus and a medicinal fluid poured into the cup. The fluid would then be introduced into the colon by a series of pumping actions. Although warm soapy water is used for enemas today, things were a little more earthy back then: one of the most common fluids finding its way into a clyster was a concoction of boar’s bile.

hmmm,,boars bile

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

'Cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey'

No, it's not as coarse and rude as it might appear! This very common description of the British winter weather actually comes from the times when the navy fought with cannon balls. These were stored on deck, besides the actual cannon. With the rolling of the ship the balls would roll aound the ship. They were welded to small stable upright called, a brass monkey. In the bitter cold the weld could snap and the let loose the balls!

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By *rallvalCouple
over a year ago

Dunfermline


"debauchery and gangbangs originated from the battle fields when there was no women about they would all put a penny in the pot the one who did not get one got a crown afterwards and they took turns on a soldier

hence the term in for a penny in for pound"

There were loads of women about. They did all the cooking and washing. It was common for whole families to travel with the army right up until the end of the Napoleonic wars. With the exception of the Crusades, the camp followers were full of women either family or selling services from sex to laundry. In the Crimea campaign only officers took wives and in the Boer wars as well. 1st world war at the front there were no women but once pulled off the line there were loads of women to be seduced or hired.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"debauchery and gangbangs originated from the battle fields when there was no women about they would all put a penny in the pot the one who did not get one got a crown afterwards and they took turns on a soldier

hence the term in for a penny in for pound

That's brilliant but is there anything that confirms this? Google isn't giving me much joy "

You checked too lol. I got no confirmation of this either

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

In days of old

When Knights were bold

And paper wasn't invented

They wiped their arse

On a piece of grass

And walked away contented

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"debauchery and gangbangs originated from the battle fields when there was no women about they would all put a penny in the pot the one who did not get one got a crown afterwards and they took turns on a soldier

hence the term in for a penny in for pound

There were loads of women about. They did all the cooking and washing. It was common for whole families to travel with the army right up until the end of the Napoleonic wars. With the exception of the Crusades, the camp followers were full of women either family or selling services from sex to laundry. In the Crimea campaign only officers took wives and in the Boer wars as well. 1st world war at the front there were no women but once pulled off the line there were loads of women to be seduced or hired."

its why transvestism became sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo popular

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"In days of old

When Knights were bold

And paper wasn't invented

They wiped their arse

On a piece of grass

And walked away contented"
that still happens in liverpool lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"In days of old

When Knights were bold

And paper wasn't invented

They wiped their arse

On a piece of grass

And walked away contented"

in days of old

when knights were bold

and durex weren't invented

they stuck a sock

upon there cock

which kept them quite contented

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

'Mind your P's and Q's'

In old England ale is/was d*unk in pints and quarts. So when customers got unruly, the innkeeper would yell at them to mind their own pints and quarts and settle down.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I like the idea of duels to settle disputes.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I like the idea of duels to settle disputes. "

hence the glove round the face. in medieval times it was a gauntlet

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By *lem-H-FandangoMan
over a year ago

salisbury


"debauchery and gangbangs originated from the battle fields when there was no women about they would all put a penny in the pot the one who did not get one got a crown afterwards and they took turns on a soldier

hence the term in for a penny in for pound"

This is just your fantasy isn't it

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

old words we don't use ,,but maybe should

Grammarcy (thank you): Grammarcy for the wool sweater! A bit bummed you didn’t include the receipt so I could return it the second you leave, but Grammarcy! 

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