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 Topic: HistoryThe new items published under this topic are as follows.
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History Trivia
Posted by: CStoner on Tuesday, April 27, 2004 - 04:22 PM
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This story was sent by Karen Stoner via e-mail... Hope you find it interesting!
In George Washington's days, there were no cameras. One's image was either sculpted or painted. Some paintings of George Washington showed him
standing behind a desk with one arm behind his back while others showed
both legs and both arms. Prices charged by painters were not based on how
many people were to be painted, but by how many limbs were to be painted.
Arms and legs are "limbs," therefore painting them would cost the buyer
more. Hence the expression, "Okay, but it'll cost you an arm and a leg."
As incredible as it sounds, men and women took baths only twice a year (May
and October)! Women kept their hair covered, while men shaved their heads
(because of lice and bugs) and wore wigs. Wealthy men could afford good
wigs made from wool. The wigs couldn't be washed, so to clean them they
could carve out a loaf of bread, put the wig in the shell, and bake it for
30 minutes. The heat would make the wig big and fluffy, hence the term "big
wig." Today we often use the term "here comes the Big Wig" because someone
appears to be or is powerful and wealthy.
In the late 1700s, many houses consisted of a large room with only one
chair. Commonly, a long wide board was folded down from the wall and used
for dining. The "head of the household" always sat in the chair while
everyone else ate sitting on the floor. Once in a while, a guest (who was
almost always a man) would be invited to sit in this chair during a meal.
To sit in the chair meant you were important and in charge. Sitting in the
chair, one was called the "chair man." Today in business we use the
expression or title "Chairman" or "Chairman of the Board."
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A General Fenrich History - by Donald R. Fenrich Jr.
Posted by: CStoner on Thursday, October 09, 2003 - 06:05 PM
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Our branch of the F (eh, ah, eah) NRICH name begins in Kirrlach, Karlsruhe, Baden, Germany (although it wasn't Germany then, as you know.)
Before I get into the names I've got to let you know that in the Fenrich last name, regardless of how it's spelled, "eh", "ah", "aeh" are all pronounced like the "e" in the word, "step."
So, our first KNOWN family name comes from Michael Fehnrich (circa 1728) who produced 3 male heirs; Johannes FENRICH, Joseph FAEHNRICH and George Anton FEHNRICH. The only reason for the variances in spelling is that only a few of the church scribes, priests and other local dignitaries knew how to read and/or write.
Most names originally were phonetic spellings, i.e. the strange spellings. Well, anyway, Johannes FENRICH had 7 sons and one daughter: Pius FAHNRICH, Gustav FAEHNDRICH, Fidel FAEHNRICH, Heinrich FENRICH, Michael FAEHNRICH and Herman FENRICH...and, we're still in Kirrlach, Karlsruhe, Baden.
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