13. The Four Humors One’s state of health -mind and body- was dependent on a balance of the four bodily fluids
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Ring around the Rosie - pink rings that formed on the body prior to turning black Posies - belief that the scent of flowers could ward off the disease Ashes, ashes - burning of everything related to a plague victim We all fall down - everyone who has been infected will likely die
Ring around the Rosie - pink rings that formed on the body prior to turning black Posies - belief that the scent of flowers could ward off the disease Ashes, ashes - burning of everything related to a plague victim We all fall down - everyone who has been infected will likely die
Ring around the Rosie - pink rings that formed on the body prior to turning black Posies - belief that the scent of flowers could ward off the disease Ashes, ashes - burning of everything related to a plague victim We all fall down - everyone who has been infected will likely die
A hot cloth placed on a person’s face to hold him back and the blood was collected The barber wrapped the rag around a pole, hence the red and white stripes of a barber’s pole.