cracking ol' sayings

Some of the ancient followings ...sayings always puzzled me I always wondered why its like this or why they say like that finally I figured out few of them on my own :D !! well this might not be true but they seem good so just read on ;)!!

1. Most people got married in June becauae they took their yearly bath in May and still smelled pretty good by June. However, they were starting to smell, so bride carried a bouquet of flowers to hide the body odour.

2. Baths consisted of a big tub filled with hot water. The man of the house had the privilege of the nice clean water, then all the other sons and men, then the women and finally the children - last of all the babies. By then the water was so dirty you could actually lose someone in it - hence the saying, “Don’t throw the baby out with the bath water.”

3. Houses had thatched roofs - thick straw - piled high, with no wood underneath. It was the only place for animals to get warm, so all the dogs, cats and other small animals (mice, bugs) lived in the roof. When it rained it became slippery and sometimes the animals would slip and fall off the roof, hence the saying “Its raining cats and dogs.”

4. There was nothing to stop things from falling into the house. This posed a real problem in the bedroom, where bugs and other droppings could really mess up the bed. Hence, a bed with big posts and a sheet hung over the top afforded some protection. That’s how canopy bends came into existence. The floor was dirt. Only the wealthy had something other than dirt, hence the saying “dirt poor.”