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So people in Dame schools had to be rich?
"In the mid-seventeenth century, two shillings would approximately equate two days wages of a skilled tradesman, and a loaf of bread cost approximately nine shillings."
What? Nine shillings? A skilled tradesman would work for nearly a fortnight for the price of a loaf of bread? This is clearly nonsense. 146.198.148.152 ( talk) 09:18, 22 July 2021 (UTC)
Actually there were some pride issues wrapped up in white bread eating and the price fluctuated - facts are needed here rather than assumptions. ee — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A0A:EF40:8E1:5401:BDAE:8E6B:2030:A35C ( talk) 12:06, 7 July 2024 (UTC)
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So people in Dame schools had to be rich?
"In the mid-seventeenth century, two shillings would approximately equate two days wages of a skilled tradesman, and a loaf of bread cost approximately nine shillings."
What? Nine shillings? A skilled tradesman would work for nearly a fortnight for the price of a loaf of bread? This is clearly nonsense. 146.198.148.152 ( talk) 09:18, 22 July 2021 (UTC)
Actually there were some pride issues wrapped up in white bread eating and the price fluctuated - facts are needed here rather than assumptions. ee — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A0A:EF40:8E1:5401:BDAE:8E6B:2030:A35C ( talk) 12:06, 7 July 2024 (UTC)