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Post by capney on May 17, 2010 16:35:36 GMT
OK.... Used to transport milk?..............Think this answer is to obvious. so Im not going for this one
Water.......30 plus years in the industry tells me this is a NO....
So. Theres somethimng hiding back in the depths of my brain cell that tells me this is the correct answer.
Answer is ...C).. OIL
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Post by letitia on May 17, 2010 21:06:16 GMT
Well here goes ;D I think it's for water, why ?............... because they used horses and donkeys the old days not cars so they didn't need oil. Milk maids carried the milk in churns with yokes if the cow didn't carry it herself so that only leaves water nuff said ;D ;D ;D
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Post by kedigato on May 18, 2010 1:29:24 GMT
I'll guess "c", oil.
The reason for my guess - it is an oil can for one of the earliest automobiles and they often needed to top the oil up and kept the canister in the trunk of the car.
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Post by DAG on May 18, 2010 7:51:21 GMT
;D ;D Well a nice try everyone but I guess it is time to reveal all!
I suppose I didn't make it plain but the period I am referring to was approx. 1600 - 1900, so we can forget the motor car.
Well the answer is milk.
The reason was that cows were milked in the barns during the winter when they needed to be more out of the weather and also made it easier for the milk maids.
During the summer it was less trouble to leave the cows out in the fields grazing and so the milk maids went out to the cows to do the milking, carrying a small stall and a back can. These cans were shaped like a giant hip flask so that the reverse curve in one side fitted to the back and straps to hold it on like a haversack. They were filled completely when possible so that the milk didn't slosh about as that would have been very difficult to manage.
Back cans were made in all different sizes so that children could help as well.
So next time you reach for a carton of milk in the supermarket........spare a thought! ;D
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Post by DAG on May 18, 2010 7:54:33 GMT
So well done Alfie you are the winner, do you have one ready?
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Post by nazimundo on May 18, 2010 8:20:51 GMT
Thanks Dag, My word is............. OHSTA
is it a) the driver of a team of oxen
b) a type of garden plant
c) an armpit
good luck all
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Post by DAG on May 18, 2010 8:34:42 GMT
Question 4............C. Armpit.
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Post by capney on May 18, 2010 13:56:07 GMT
I`m having trouble pronouncing that.. never mind knowing what it is or what it means....
and thanks DAG for the education of "Back Can"
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Post by nazimundo on May 18, 2010 15:25:07 GMT
Capney, another word meaning the same is .. oxter..... pronounced ...oxter ;D ;D ;D ( Thats a reply from Letitia she can't pronounce ohsta either )
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Post by capney on May 19, 2010 6:05:11 GMT
After a lot of discussion with the OH and not much in the way of logical reasoning we decided that the answer has got to be
ARMPIT..
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Post by nazimundo on May 19, 2010 6:37:04 GMT
Well done Dag and Robert it is an armpit Alfie
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Post by DAG on May 19, 2010 7:17:47 GMT
Thank you, got one ready so will jump in with a quicky:
Question 5:
What was meant by the term 'firehouse'? Was it:
a) An ordinary domestic dwelling
b) A house that had been destroyed by fire and deemed to have evil spirits
c) A building where fuel was stored
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Post by nazimundo on May 19, 2010 10:31:27 GMT
Ann thinks it's a.......... an ordinary dwelling house but with a fire in the centre of the floor .
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Post by kedigato on May 19, 2010 13:24:48 GMT
5 c ? Because it could easily catch fire and end up being a house-on-fire / firehouse?
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Post by DAG on May 20, 2010 21:13:57 GMT
I will have to give it to Ann, it was an ordinary dwelling house. Although, dwellings did have an open fire in the centre of the main room for centuries before, with an opening in the roof to let the smoke out, during the middle ages they started building houses with brick chimneys that were attached to a side wall and with no need to leave part of the roof open. These were then known as firehouses as opposed to barns and other buildings that were not heated. Well done Ann!
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