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03-09-2017, 03:40 AM #1Senior Member
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No razor grinders or tinkers taken in!!!
I was checking the Natick, MA Historical Society website and came across some of the rules for the inns and taverns of early Natick and thought I'd share.
It is amusing to read some of the rules for those stopping the night. "No more than five to a bed, No boots to be worn in bed, No dogs allowed upstairs, No razor grinders or tinkers taken in, Organ grinders to sleep in the wash house."
Natick Historical Society - Inns and Taverns"Go easy"
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03-09-2017, 04:12 AM #2Razor Vulture
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Those pesky razor-grinders!
Some things never change!
Thanks for sharing that!
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03-09-2017, 04:22 AM #3Senior Member
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So Organ Grinders were higher on the social scale than the razor grinders.........Seems correct...lol!!!
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03-09-2017, 04:25 AM #4Razor Vulture
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Yeah! At least THEY could sleep in the loo!
Originally Posted by rodb
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03-09-2017, 04:35 AM #5illegitimum non carborundum
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If you google the relevant phrase, you will find that many inns had variations of these same rules. Apparently honers were not very popular back then.
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03-09-2017, 04:37 AM #6Senior Member
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Not only that but the DOGS are welcome everywhere but upstairs. Originally Posted by sharptonn
Yeah! At least THEY could sleep in the loo!"Go easy"
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03-09-2017, 04:40 AM #7Razor Vulture
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OH! The honers! Originally Posted by Utopian
Messy, nasty 'ner-do-wells!
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03-09-2017, 04:42 AM #8illegitimum non carborundum
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Then again, I'd really rather not share a bed with 4 other guys anyway...
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03-09-2017, 04:44 AM #9Razor Vulture
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Makes the loo, the dogs look better, eh? Originally Posted by Utopian
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03-09-2017, 07:53 AM #10www.edge-dynamics.com
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No boots in bed... I kind of agree with that one :/
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