Where did Piss Poor come
from?


Interesting History



They used to use urine to tan animal skins, so families

used to all pee in a pot & then once a day it was taken &

Sold to the tannery.......if you had to do this to survive

you were "Piss Poor"


But worse than that were the really poor folk who couldn't

even afford to buy a pot......they "didn't have a pot to

piss in" & were the lowest of the low


The next time you are washing your hands and complain

because the water temperature isn't just how you like it,

think about how things used to be. Here are some facts about

the 1500s:


Most people got married in June because they took their

yearly bath in May, and they still smelled pretty good by

June. However, since they were starting to smell . ..... .

Brides carried a bouquet of flowers to hide the body odor.

Hence the custom today of carrying a bouquet when getting

Married.


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!"


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 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 "It's raining cats and dogs."


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 mess up your nice clean bed. Hence,

a bed with big posts and a sheet hung over the top

afforded some protection. That's how canopy beds came into

existence.


The floor was dirt. Only the wealthy had something other

than dirt. Hence the saying, "Dirt poor." The wealthy had

slate floors that would get slippery in the winter when wet,

so they spread thresh (straw) on floor to help keep their

footing. As the winter wore on, they added more thresh until,

when you opened the door, it would all start slipping

outside. A piece of wood was placed in the entrance-way.

Hence: a thresh hold.


(Getting quite an edu