Life in the 1500s

The next time you are washing your hands and complain
because the water temperature isn't just how you like it, think about how
things used to be. Here are some facts about the 1500s:
Most people got married in June because they took their
yearly bath in May, and still smelled pretty good by June. However, they were
starting to smell, so brides carried a bouquet of flowers to hide the body odor.
Hence the custom today of carrying a bouquet when getting married.
Baths consisted of 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..