Tango01  | 02 Feb 2019 9:02 p.m. PST |
Not a bad time for fun… (smile)
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Amicalement
Armand |
| Extrabio1947 | 03 Feb 2019 8:16 a.m. PST |
What do the simple folk do?
To help them escape when they're blue? From the musical "Camelot" |
 Virtualscratchbuilder  | 03 Feb 2019 12:17 p.m. PST |
I was always under the impression they discussed things like the merits of autonomous communes and oppression by the ruling class as they made mud pies. |
| Tango01 | 03 Feb 2019 3:42 p.m. PST |
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| Waco Joe | 03 Feb 2019 6:42 p.m. PST |
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| Twilight Samurai | 03 Feb 2019 8:01 p.m. PST |
What they've always done and still do today. Piss in the Masters beer. |
| Glengarry5 | 03 Feb 2019 11:22 p.m. PST |
Here's a painting by Pieter Bruegal (1526-1569) of peasant children's games.
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| Glengarry5 | 03 Feb 2019 11:37 p.m. PST |
Bruegal, the peasant dance. Depictions of peasants at play became quite popular after religious imagery was banded in nthe Netherlands.
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| Mad Guru | 03 Feb 2019 11:51 p.m. PST |
Love Bruegel and love that painting!!! Thanks for posting the links, Glengarry5! For the age of instant gratification, here are copy & pasted versions:
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| coopman | 04 Feb 2019 5:45 a.m. PST |
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| skipper John | 04 Feb 2019 7:27 a.m. PST |
Medflix… that Sir was funny! |
| Tango01 | 04 Feb 2019 12:26 p.m. PST |
Ha-Ha-Ha…!!
Amicalement
Armand
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| 3AcresAndATau | 07 Feb 2019 12:55 p.m. PST |
Why all sorts of things. We could start with the obvious, drink, but it goes far beyond that. You might attend a mystery play, or participate in mandated archery practice after Mass (if you were English), maybe you'd share stories, or engage in a practical joke or two with some slapstick. You could listen to a street preacher or watch a bear baiting, maybe wrestle. Perhaps visit a Flemish bathhouse for some disreputable activity. The dark side of all this, as you may have noticed, is that because medieval society was very young, violence could play a significant role. Bored soldiers might loot and abuse for fun, jokes often involved brutal slapstick. Dr. Compton Reeves wrote a book called "Pleasures and Pastimes in Medievalist England" which may be of much help to you on the matter. |
| Au pas de Charge | 12 Feb 2019 8:17 a.m. PST |
Attended rallies to build border walls? |
| Ferozopore | 12 Feb 2019 7:56 p.m. PST |
Part of the year, sowing and harvesting took up everyone's time and energy. At other times…
The following verse is from the Late Middle Ages. I'm guessing that it represents earlier events….
"In he'll push and out he'll go,
With me beneath him lying low:
"By God's death, you do me woe
Upon this high holiday."
Soon my belly began to swell
As round and great as any bell;
And to my dame I dared not tell
What happened to me that holiday."
Based on events in the U.S., I'm guessing that from the 13th century onwards, a traveling friar could spark a couple of weeks of partying.
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