Notes

Bathing -

• People bathed once a month.
• People only had one outfit, wore same clothes every day
• Used lavendar flowers and mint in water for cleaning. Used to keep fleas away because they had a lot of animals and straw in their houses.

Chairman -

• The word chairman comes from the Middle Ages where a house only had one chair for the exclusive use of the man of the family.

Sleeping -

• At night time people would pile onto a mattress, a lump of straw on the floor. The whole family slept in same bed (Mom, Dad, Sisters, Brothers). If an animal was friendly they may sleep in the same bed to keep you warm.

Troubadours -

• Traveled from town to town "singing for their supper".
• His songs were often about love or the glory of kings.
• Would strum a lute or guitar.