Hints of Contemporary Life in the Writings of Thomas Shepard
Hints of Contemporary Life in the Writings of Thomas Shepard
Colonial Society of Massachusetts
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The phrase, "Here are oo sour herbs to make the Lamb sweet," * may perhaps be re- garded as pertaining to the domain of the kitchen. TABLE MANNERa As for hints at daily life there are few. "Its from the excellency of a knife to cut well, but to cut my fingers with it when I should be > The Panible of the Ten Viigins (London, ](MX)), part il p. 6. • IbkLp.0. • Some Sdeet OMes Reeolved (Boetoo, 1747) . p. 49. « TbePtad>le,pul(NI. • Ibid. p. lOa. ■'"'^. 1908] OABDENINO — GHUBCH DISCIPLINE 151 cutt...ing my meat with it, ariseth. not from the end of the knife, nor from the intention of him who made it/' ^ is, however, a reference to a daily peril at meal-times. It brings before us the adage, '^ Fingers were made before forks," the application of which will show how the fingers of one having no fork were in danger when he cut his meat C50IN SCALES. ''When there is much counterfeit Grold abroad, every man will have his scales, and not only look and rub, but he will weigh every piece he takes." ' Here we have an indication of what was essential for every person who received coins in those days of degraded and short weight money.
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