Hello all, sorry I haven't updated lately, mum's been giving me some good work sheets about the Middle Ages.

Now, "IF" you've seen the title of this blog post, then you'll see that it's called crazy Saturday.
The reason why is I'm going to tell you some pretty crazy things and they're all from the Middle Ages.
Oh, I almost forgot to say that I have a crazy thing of my own.
When ever I'm bored, I'm always thinking of calling the Optus help service and saying that I'm Hercules Poirot, and asking if I could get connected to Old Scotland yard.

Now, to the crazy things from the Middle Ages.

1. The lord of the manor brewed ale (a type of beer) about 3 times a year; he expected his workers to buy it at a high price. It was a sort of extra tax the workers had to pay. But sometimes the bachelors of the village were given a challenging treat. They could drink as much ale as they wanted, free ... so long as they stayed on their feet. If they sat down they had to pay.

2. Butchers were not allowed to sell meat by candlelight. This was so the customer could see what they were getting! A man was caught trying to sell pork from a dead pig he'd found in a ditch. He was fastened in the pillory and the rotten meat burned under his nose - a common punishment for this sort of fraud.

3. Large towns had takeaway food suppliers selling thrushes (at two for a penny) and tasty hot sheep feet. They would deliver cooked food to your home.

4. Many towns checked the quality of bread and punished bakers who tried to cheat. Some were found guilty of adding sand to loaves, in one disgusting case, a loaf contained cob webs.

5. Turkeys hadn't been discovered so they ate bustards. What happened? Bustards became extinct in England! Fancy a bit of red meat on a Friday? Then eat a beaver. Beavers used their tails for swimming, so they could be called fish ... couldn't they? (Er ... no, actually.) What happened? Beavers became extinct in Britain.
This information was from a great worksheet from SchoolHistory.co.uk