Monday, May 23, 2011

Worst Job in Middle Ages

The worst Job in the Middle Ages was probably the fuller. The fuller was responsible for making the wool softer and bringing it together, to make it tighter. The downside was that the wool was softened with urine. The urine was used as the softener. The fuller would put the cloth in a fairly good sized bucket then pure the urine in. Next they would take off their shoes and start walking on the cloth in the urine barefoot. Not only is it disgusting enough to be barefoot standing in urine, but sometimes you had to run in the urine. Running in the urine would eventually make you tired and definitely make your feet smell. This would definitely be my least favorite job, and I would have probably quit in the first ten seconds. After this long and disgusting process of walking in urine, the wool would be used for armor for the knights or just clothing.  

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