Subject: | | Re: medieval misconceptions |
From: | | [log in to unmask][log in to unmask], 14 Feb 1998 17:59:48 -0600381_us-ascii I seem to remember that Disney produced a short cartoon documentary in the late 1950's or early '60's on the gruesome meanings of nursery rhymes. It said that, "...Ashes to ashes, we all fall down" referred to the plague. I remember reading a critique of this cartoon much later in life that said it was full of errors, including this allusion. [...]49_14Feb199817:59:[log in to unmask] |
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That's the way that I first learned it as well. I was a Canadian military air force brat, so I could have learned the rhyme from kids either in Prince Edward Island or Winnipeg. When I was slightly older, I remember reading some books of nursery rhymes that came from England and thinking that 'Atishoo' was kind of funny. I didn't become aware of "ashes" until quite some [...]51_16Feb199811:33:[log in to unmask] |
Date: | | Thu, 19 Feb 1998 17:23:30 +0000 |
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> At a day school in Caerleon last weekend on early Welsh towns we were
> discussing the idea of medieval housing as squalid, with floors
> covered with filthy rushes
This is certainly a misconception. Most monasteries, for example,
changed the rushes or straw on their floors every six months or so.
Cheers,
Jim Bugslag
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