At Cock’s Crow Miss Johnson - PowerPoint Presentation

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At Cock’s Crow

Miss JohnsonSlide2

Rise and Shine

most people lived close to the farmland clock

the rooster

roosters began

crowing as

the sky lightened; this was when most people rose

4 A.M. in summer and 7 A.M. in winter

Shutters

most were

oilcloth

shutters

some were wooden shutters

no curtains

curtains were for bedsSlide3
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Room and Beds

draughty, shared rooms

rooms often divided by sex rather than social class

a bed meant a mattress not the wooden structure

the basic idea is a sack stuffed with straw or finer materials

these beds could be placed upon a wooden frame with ropes

sleep tight came from the tightening of these ropes

many houses were covered in rushes

functioned like carpet

often used as furniture including a bed

occasionally dampened

minimum of two inches thick

six inches thick for a comfortable sleep

central hearths heated the room

heat and smoke rose to the

ceiling

and then seeped out through the rafters

chimneys began to become popularSlide6
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Bedding

Aristocracy and Gentry

four-poster bed with a curtain and canopy

silken hangings

multiple mattresses

the top was often a feather bed

linen sheets

coverings

Yeomen and Husbandmen

wooden bedstead with a flock or wool mattress

a sack stuffed with sheep’s wool rather than straw

Labourers and Servants

slept on loose straw on the floorSlide10

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