Thank you Jim Fergus for posting such an interesting discourse on life in the 1500's and the phrases that originated from the various daily routines. Would you share the resource from which this was found. I am interested in the title, author, publisher, and date of publication. This does make me appreciate the time frame in which I live! Cynthia Russell ^.^.^. N E W FERGUS Research Worldwide website http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~fergus00/ ^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.^.