About Wednesday 11 April 1666

Deborah on 12 Apr 2019  •  Link

I believe coat hangers, as we know them, were originally called "shoulders".

About Sunday 7 January 1665/66

Deborah on 8 Jan 2019  •  Link

".....stand upon my own legs. ..."

In (British) English now, we stand on our own two feet.

About Thursday 20 July 1665

Deborah on 21 Jul 2018  •  Link

The vector fleas needed to reach somewhere vulnerable to their bite, so long socks were a barrier. This could also be why plague happened in summer.

Do we have any information on Sam’s socks?

About Wednesday 26 April 1665

Deborah on 27 Apr 2018  •  Link

"But I do very much fear that Mrs. Pickering’s honour, if the world comes to take notice of it, may be wronged by it."

Right to worry, Sam, as without you, it would be long forgotten.

About Saturday 19 September 1663

Deborah on 20 Sep 2016  •  Link

From Shakespeare to Defoe: Malaria in England in the Little Ice Age

Here is a direct link to the article commented on ten years ago.

http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/6/1/00-0101_ar...

About Friday 28 February 1661/62

Deborah on 1 Mar 2015  •  Link

Yet now, corporal punishment is seen as such an unsophisticated management technique.