tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34515154.post8974672276848678774..comments2024-02-07T23:23:13.726+00:00Comments on The Fylde and Wyre Antiquarian: Going off at a TangentBrian Hugheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00350965110160879688noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34515154.post-52107360662610500922008-04-24T16:08:00.000+01:002008-04-24T16:08:00.000+01:00Annie...A thesis? Are you sure you've spelt that r...<B>Annie...<BR/><BR/>A thesis? Are you sure you've spelt that right?</B>Brian Hugheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00350965110160879688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34515154.post-59111751069574218402008-04-24T10:06:00.000+01:002008-04-24T10:06:00.000+01:00that wasn't a blog post - it was a bloody thesis.(...that wasn't a blog post - it was a bloody thesis.<BR/>(goes off muttering about the tolpuddle martyrs and the 3-field system)Ann ODynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01159263330547329077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34515154.post-7073250222277227282008-04-24T08:53:00.000+01:002008-04-24T08:53:00.000+01:00Bella,There's nowt so feen as a bitta delvin' onna...<B>Bella,<BR/><BR/>There's nowt so feen as a bitta delvin' onna foggy morn, especially if eets accumpnid by a bacon butty anna neece 'ot brew.</B>Brian Hugheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00350965110160879688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34515154.post-81995727767952274362008-04-24T07:49:00.000+01:002008-04-24T07:49:00.000+01:00A bit of delving to be done? Sounds grand.Keep us...A bit of delving to be done? Sounds grand.<BR/><BR/>Keep us posted, mind.Ozfemmehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11075356134336964558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34515154.post-80775277298562229112008-04-22T17:38:00.000+01:002008-04-22T17:38:00.000+01:00It must be Carol then...only you could be that doz...<B>It must be Carol then...only you could be that dozy.</B>Brian Hugheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00350965110160879688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34515154.post-85099195763927956002008-04-22T14:55:00.000+01:002008-04-22T14:55:00.000+01:00pineapples yes but i've forgotten what it was...pineapples yes but i've forgotten what it was...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34515154.post-83647620896531152742008-04-21T14:58:00.000+01:002008-04-21T14:58:00.000+01:00Ah, well now Jayne...I suppose that depends on wha...<B>Ah, well now Jayne...I suppose that depends on what you define as 'better and/or worse'. For instance, they didn't have an EC Food Mountain back in the Middle Ages, but they did have a lot of weevils. <BR/><BR/>The sheep, cattle and horses were all a lot smaller back then (not sure why), but so were the people. Crop rotation was in, much as it is nowadays. Meat was considerably more expensive (which probably had more to do with the aristocracy keeping the peasants under control than anything else) and peas were very popular. At least they were round here...especially when they came in on a shipwreck and didn't need to be harvested.<BR/><BR/>Aristocrats liked to poach a lot, I know that. Peasants only poached when necessary, because unlike the aristos they were generally hung when they were caught. <BR/><BR/>It's the age old question of 'organic' versus 'scientifically modified' I suppose. Not that it mattered much to the average mediaeval bod if his/her vegetables were chemically treated or not, seeing as one third of the population was dying in agony with massive buboes from the plague.<BR/><BR/>More successful or less successful? Like I say, it's a matter of opinion. If I said 'less', and used words such as 'starving peasants', 'dysentry', 'rickets' and stuff, I'd have the modern 'organics brigade' doing to me what the aristocrats used to do to peasant poachers before I managed reached the end of the sentence...so I'd better not.</B>Brian Hugheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00350965110160879688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34515154.post-33531011595829014272008-04-21T12:20:00.000+01:002008-04-21T12:20:00.000+01:00LOL I was actually meaning/ asking is it considere...LOL I was actually meaning/ asking is it considered as successful as todays methods, better or worse?Jaynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13887495757366973130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34515154.post-53315339145501318252008-04-21T09:20:00.000+01:002008-04-21T09:20:00.000+01:00Spades, trowels, butty boxes and flasks all ready ...<B>Spades, trowels, butty boxes and flasks all ready on standby Mr. Beast...and, I suspect, we'll need a couple of umbrellas as well.</B>Brian Hugheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00350965110160879688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34515154.post-42802881910072687942008-04-21T07:50:00.000+01:002008-04-21T07:50:00.000+01:00Like it Brian, better get you spades ready.Like it Brian, better get you spades ready.Feral Beasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11143227888315736467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34515154.post-66935253178186411872008-04-21T07:17:00.000+01:002008-04-21T07:17:00.000+01:00Jayne,"...what on earth were they using..."Bloody ...<B>Jayne,</B><BR/><BR/>"...what on earth were they using..."<BR/><BR/><B>Bloody big ploughs pulled by oxen, usually.</B><BR/><BR/>"...was it a successful form of farming?"<BR/><BR/><B>The human race is still here, so it can't have been a total disaster.</B>Brian Hugheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00350965110160879688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34515154.post-90207310692719674182008-04-21T03:17:00.000+01:002008-04-21T03:17:00.000+01:00Sounds like a wonderful opportunity to lay the que...Sounds like a wonderful opportunity to lay the question to rest...but it'll probably raise a dozen more, as these things usually do lol.<BR/><BR/>Recently learned how medieval ploughing marked the landscape in a lasting way, what on earth were they using and was it a successful form of farming?Jaynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13887495757366973130noreply@blogger.com