Monthly Archives: March 2020
COVID-19 JOURNALS
And here’s a great idea (from someone else) to start you off:
HISTORY MYSTERY: LOUIS-CHARLES – YES OR NO?
France’s ten-year-old uncrowned king, Louis VII, was ‘officially’ suppose to have died of typhus (today they could use Covid-19), instead of, as some people suspected, the abuse & neglect of his captors, but a lot of the populace didn’t even believe it was him in what was ‘officially’ his grave. Over two hundred years later, […]
HISTORY SHARE: BYGONE DAY METHODS FOR WASHING CLOTHES
Washing everything has become important of late, but at least we have better facilities than our forebearers. https://thescrubba.com/blogs/news/how-people-used-to-wash-the-fascinating-history-of-laundry
HISTORY SHARE: HAND WASHING
Though the importance of washing of hands was something most of us were taught in childhood – and are, these days, really conscious of – it wasn’t always considered a good thing. Even by doctors. https://tinyurl.com/vdug6zc
HISTORY SHARE: THE FIRST TOILET PAPER SHORTAGE SCARE
History repeating itself. http://baypaper.com/toiletpaper.html And even if your local supplier is out, you don’t have to despair. There are historic alternatives. http://www.toiletpaperhistory.net/toilet-paper-history/used-before-toilet-paper/