THE BACKGROUND AND THE FIGURE- ARGYRO TSOURTI-2017

 People in Medieval England used to get married in June because they had their annual bath in May and still were clean until June.

Out of fear that they had started to smell a little, however, the brides carried a bouquet of flowers to cover up the body odor.

This is the custom with the bride's bouquet, which continues to this day.

The baths consisted of a large bathtub filled with hot water.

The man of the house had the privilege of nice clean water, then all the other sons and men, then the women and finally the children. Last of all the babies.

Until then the water was so dirty you could lose someone in it... hence the english sentence:

"Don't throw the baby out with the Bath water! » (Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater! )

Τα The houses had hay covers - thick hay, no wood underneath. It was the perfect place to warm up some animals, so all the cats and other small animals (mice, bugs etc) took shelter on the roof.

When it rained, it was slippery and often animals slipped and fell from the roof, resulting in idiomatism:

"It's raining cats and dogs. ” (It's raining cats and dogs).

Generally, things were falling from the ceiling, so it created a real problem, especially in the bedroom, where bugs or droppings were soiling their nice clean bed.

That's why they put large pillars at the corners of the bed and a sheet on top, which provided protection.

This is how beds with sky were created.

The floor was made of mud.

Only the rich had something other than dirty dirt, which led people to invent the phrase "dirt poor".

Οι The rich had slate floors, which were slippery in the winter, when they were wet. This is how they spread straw on the floor so they wouldn't slip.

As winter passed, more hay was added until, when you opened the door, it started falling outside.

A piece of wood was placed at the entrance, creating a "threshold" threshold (where thrash=straw & hold=the wood holding it up).

Those old days they would cook in the kitchen with a pot that would always hang over the fire.

Every day they lit the fire and added things to the pot.

They ate mainly vegetables and rarely meat.

They had stew for dinner, leaving the leftovers in the pot to cool overnight and adding the next day's ingredients.

Sometimes the pot had food that was there for a long time and a rift was created: