Life in the 1500's

[devilish_angel]

Re: Life in the 1500’s

@muqawwee123

why not its raining lizards and mice

pata nhi

[devilish_angel]

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@muqawwee123

Watch from 53:00.. Salman Ahmed is also talking about this

oh i loved watching this series

[muqawwee123]

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@devilish_angel

The floor was dirt. Only the wealthy had something other than dirt, hence the saying “dirt poor.” The wealthy had slate floors which would get slippery in the winter when wet. So they spread thresh on the floor to help keep their footing. As the winter wore on they kept adding more thresh until when you opened the door it would all start slipping outside. A piece of wood was placed at the entry way, hence a “thresh hold.”

Interesting information about threshhold:k:

[muqawwee123]

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@devilish_angel

They cooked in the kitchen in a big kettle that always hung over the fire. Every day they lit the fire and added things to the pot. They mostly ate vegetables and didn't 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. Sometimes the stew had food in it that had been in there for a month. Hence the rhyme: peas porridge hot, peas porridge cold, peas porridge in the pot nine days old."

wow.... continental shab daig :p

[TLK]

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very nice entry DA. :k:

[devilish_angel]

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@TLK

very nice entry DA. :k:

thnkx

[muqawwee123]

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Most people didn't have pewter plates, but had trenchers - a piece of wood with the middle scooped out like a bowl. Trenchers were never washed and a lot of times worms got into the wood. After eating off wormy trenchers, they would get "trench mouth

That was the time, when Muslim Spain was at its peek

[muqawwee123]

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@devilish_angel

Sometimes they could obtain pork and would feel really special when that happened. When company came over, they would bring out some bacon and hang it to show it off. It was a sign of wealth and that a man “could really bring home the bacon.” They would cut off a little to share with guests and would all sit around and “chew the fat.”

Bus karo DA.. kia unki ghurbat ke qisse suna kar rulao gi

[devilish_angel]

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@muqawwee123

Bus karo DA.. kia unki ghurbat ke qisse suna kar rulao gi

jo hukm ap ka bus kr dya

[calypsodc]

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Most people got married in June because they took their yearly bath in May and were still smelling pretty good by June. However, they were starting to smell, so brides carried a bouquet of flowers to hide the smell...

...Baths equaled 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."

Eww Yuck!!!

[Muzna]

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love this thread!!
learned some cool stuff here.

thanks DA

[devilish_angel]

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My pleasure

[muqawwee123]

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@devilish_angel

My pleasure

1600’s main kia huwa tha?

[devilish_angel]

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@muqawwee123

1600’s main kia huwa tha?

lolz you really want to know, or making fun of me

[muqawwee123]

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@devilish_angel

lolz you really want to know, or making fun of me

kia aap ka mera mazaq hai?

[devilish_angel]

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well why dont you tell us what happened in 1600

[muqawwee123]

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@devilish_angel

well why dont you tell us what happened in 1600

Its the century of Baba Aurangzeb

[devilish_angel]

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@muqawwee123

Its the century of Baba Aurangzeb

bus ker do…

baut khaniyan sun le aurangzev ki

[_Passionate]

Love this thread DA! Keep 'em coming!

[Faris_Udeen]

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1500’s eh?

Great thread.

I would imagine back then one could still rely on the bow as being the worlds number one long range man portable weapon, and the crossbow perhaps the best for sniping from a prone position.

I know for a fact in the sub continent it would have been a great time for Mercenaries just like the Italian conditiori, but in Britian I suppose I would have preffered heading for Wales or Scotland and occasionally being a highwayman or something…