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From: "William E. Gard" <>
Subject: [ENG-LIV] Re: ENG-LIVERPOOL-D Digest V03 #372
Date: Mon, 05 May 2003 17:35:04 -0700
In-Reply-To: <200305050537.h455bO9o029858@lists5.rootsweb.com>


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>Date: Sun, 04 May 2003 18:01:42 -0400
>From: Dave <>
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>Subject: Re: [ENG-LIV] CHURCHES IN MEDIAEVAL TIMES
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>Most homes ,castles, churches etc from this periodused straw as a low cost,
>easy to obtain floor covering and insulator.
>Dave
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>on 5/4/03 1:20 PM, Diane Sowden at wrote:
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> > I go to church and someone told me this morning that churches used to have
> > straw on the floor of the church in Mediaeval times. Could svks kindly
> tell
> > me whether this is true or not?
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> > TIA
> >
> > Diane Sowden

And there were no pews or chairs in the main but generally a low
ledge around the walls where those who could not stand went to
sit.............hence the expression "the weak to the wall"

Bill in Nanaimo

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