I am Thankful we still arent living like that, LOVE my nice baths, lol!

Thanks for sharing. It is always interesting to know the origin of sayings and words. I took a class once called the Origin of the English Language and it was one of the most interesting classes I have ever taken.

It's cute, but most if not all of it is BS.

Snopes is always a good place to research this kind of stuff.

http://www.snopes.com/language/phrases/1500.asp

I wish the people who sent me "Forwards" in my email would check them out on Snopes first.

Good for a laugh--not sure how much of it is the truth! Hence, don't believe everything you hear and in this case "read". LOL

You know,,,,even if untrue, its interesting and (to us) comical reading...so don't.....

i agree - if it causes a giggle or two - hey, after all - we read fiction books and how true are they?