Good old England! Things to reflect on from times gone by.

I am in northern Nevada, so not too far.

Smart mouthed maybe Rick  .

Here are some facts about the 1500s:

heres a couple more...

 England is old and small and the local folks started running out of places to bury people. So they would dig up coffins and would take
the bones to a "bone-house" and reuse the grave.
When reopening these coffins, 1 out of 25 coffins were found to have scratch marks on the inside and they realized they had been burying people alive. So they would tie a string on the wrist of the corpse, lead it through the coffin and up through the ground and tie it to a bell.
Someone would have to sit out in the graveyard all night (the "graveyard shift") to listen for the bell; thus, someone could be "saved by the bell" or was considered a "dead ringer."

Great to know where our language comes from aint i Lyn.

This is a bit like my grandmothers old house but with a slight;y smaller range.

Picture by Peter Evans

Dear me, Lyn, they are nasty.

Another good reason to thank the Lord for being born in the last century.