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Top 10 Myths about the Middle Ages

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Post by annis » Mon January 26th, 2009, 11:08 pm

Peaches did originate in China, but quickly spread widely into the Eastern countries. The Persians brought peaches from China. From Persia they went to Egypt, where the Romans picked them up. The Romans called them persicum malum, (Persian apple) and in English the word "peach" derives from the Latin name. In Middle English, it melded into "peche", much closer to what we call it today. I don't think that they became common as a fruit for general consumption in England and France, though, until the seventtenth century, but were probably as EC suggests, used for medicinal purposes.

The Crusades did have the effect of exposing the French and English to spices, fruits and vegetables more common in the Middle East and the Mediterranean.
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Post by Ash » Tue January 27th, 2009, 12:31 am

[quote=""LoveHistory""]ROFL! Thank you Ash. I was a bit confused by the baking of heads in magic boxes, but the rest was perfectly clear.[/quote]

Young un, before blow dryers and such, we sat under dryers at the salon, to dry our hair. These were big helmet things, and worked well enough, tho sometimes the stylist forgot about you and oh it got hot!

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Post by Misfit » Tue January 27th, 2009, 1:41 am

[quote=""Ash""]Young un, before blow dryers and such, we sat under dryers at the salon, to dry our hair. These were big helmet things, and worked well enough, tho sometimes the stylist forgot about you and oh it got hot![/quote]

Now, I do believe you have forgotten to mention that lovely pink tape they used to hold those little curly cues (WTH did one call those, female sideburns?) in place on the side of one's face.

Never ever let us return to the days of Farrah Fawcett hairdo's. I couldn't take it again :o :p :) :D ;)

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Post by Margaret » Tue January 27th, 2009, 6:39 am

Aha! The Persian connection makes perfect sense to me. (And so do the magic baking boxes.)
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Post by Telynor » Tue January 27th, 2009, 6:59 am

[quote=""Misfit""]Now, I do believe you have forgotten to mention that lovely pink tape they used to hold those little curly cues (WTH did one call those, female sideburns?) in place on the side of one's face.

Never ever let us return to the days of Farrah Fawcett hairdo's. I couldn't take it again :o :p :) :D ;) [/quote]

Heheh. Oh they've never gone away -- just look at the televangelist's wives on the preachin' channels -- there's one on there with this pinky-orange hair that is about a foot out from all around her head, and the makeup on about an inch thick. Saw that late one night and thought I was having a flash-back.

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Post by Misfit » Tue January 27th, 2009, 3:02 pm

[quote=""Telynor""]Heheh. Oh they've never gone away -- just look at the televangelist's wives on the preachin' channels -- there's one on there with this pinky-orange hair that is about a foot out from all around her head, and the makeup on about an inch thick. Saw that late one night and thought I was having a flash-back.[/quote]


:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

Good lord, are they still around??? See what I miss not watching TV?

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Post by LCW » Tue January 27th, 2009, 7:55 pm

[quote=""Misfit""] Never ever let us return to the days of Farrah Fawcett hairdo's. I couldn't take it again :o :p :) :D ;) [/quote]


OMG, I looove Farrah Fawcett type hair, lol!!! What's old is new, I guess! :D
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Post by Volgadon » Tue January 27th, 2009, 8:03 pm

Don't you mean eww rather than new

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Post by chuck » Thu January 29th, 2009, 4:39 pm

[quote=""Ash""]Young un, before blow dryers and such, we sat under dryers at the salon, to dry our hair. These were big helmet things, and worked well enough, tho sometimes the stylist forgot about you and oh it got hot![/quote]

Ash...I remember seeing pix. of women sitting in salons with those outer space hot air helmets...I remember the smell of hairspray, and backcombing (ouch)......I remember my high school sweetheart said she couldn't leave the house because she just washed her hair?.........she sat around with a towel around her head most of the night....Do you think Big Hair will ever come back?.....BTW....I haven't been to a barber in years....women are so much better at cutting hair.......Peace

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Post by Ash » Fri January 30th, 2009, 12:45 am

If the clothing that I wore in the 70s was able to come back a few years ago, yeah, big hair will too.

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