The English house, how to judge its periods and styles (1909)
Sparrow, Walter Shaw, 1862- · New York, J. Lane Co. · leaf 162
ad over the beaten earth; and when suchbad floors were to be found in Windsor Castle,imagine what halls were like in ordinary housesand cottages. Earthen floors got damp andfilthy ; it was a custom to spit on the rushesand to throw into them the rinsings from glassesand all litter from the… … HENRY III. AND THE HOME 109 flowers oyer the rushes, till at last—-betweenthe reigns of Henry V. and Henry VII.—rugs and carpets made their way very timidlyinto fashion. Mediaeval lords and ladies putlittle money on their floors and much on theirbacks. It did not occur to them that dirtyfloors bred…
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