Curiosities of the XV - XVI
================================= When visiting the Palace of Versailles in Paris, we note that the sumptuous palace, has no bathrooms.
In the Middle Ages, there were, toothbrushes, perfume, deodorant, let alone toilet paper. Human feces and urine were thrown out the window of the palace.
a holiday in the kitchen of the palace was able to prepare a banquet for 1500 people without the least hygiene.
see in movies people being fanned. The explanation is not in the heat, but the bad smell that people gave out under dressesfor the month of June to early summer.
The reason was simple: the first swim of the year was taken in May and in June, the smell of people was still tolerable. Also, as some smells were starting to be annoying, brides carried bunches of flowers beside his body in the carriages to disguise the smell. Thus was born the month of May as the tradition of brides and bridal bouquet.
The baths were taken in a huge tub filled with hot water. The father of the family was the first to take it, then the other men of the house in order of age and then the women, also in order of age. In the end the children, and babies the last.
When it came to them and could lose a baby in the water thanor a thread passing through a hole in the coffin and attach it to a bell on earth. If the individual was alive only had to pull the wire and the bell would ring and it would be unearthed and that a person stood beside the coffin for a few days. This action arises Saved by the Bell expression we use today.
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