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are intended for children who are studying the Vikings & Saxons at
school, and contain pictures and information not suitable for wimps
“You
have been Warned”
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Not
all disagreements were friendly, and Bjarni (left) tends to fight and
not think. Even Bjarni’s sister (right ) can hold her own ! Well
he shouldn't have tried to kiss her should he ! |
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But
sometimes even the oldest and most skilled warriors like Ottar (left)
the oldest Eriksson brother can get hurt, and even girls can get when
they fight ! |
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Some
of the daily tasks that the Eriksson family do and some of the items they
use, may appear disgusting and gross to you. Bjarni has listed some of
the worst below. |
- Vikings bathe
every Saturday. Saxon’s bathe once a year. It is said that King
Alfred once marched the Saxon army through a river because he could
no longer stand the smell of his men
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- Sometimes swords
are hardened by sticking them into someone's stomach.(Preferably some
one you don't like)
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- Saxons sometimes
skinned Vikings alive and nailed their skins to church doors. (And they
called us Vikings nasty)
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- To stop the
colour from coming out of clothes after dying, we add wee (urine) to
the dying process.
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- We had no toilet
paper, so we used moss and leaves, and sometimes our hands.
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- You could be
married at 12 or younger and your parents picked your wife or husband.
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- Parents could
sell their children if they are under the age of 8, as slaves.
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- If you had a
bad headache we sometimes cut a hole was in your skull, we beleived
this would let the demons out and stop the pain, not surprisingly a
lot people died from this operation.
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- If food was
scarce then we somtimes ate cats, dogs, small birds, squirrels and hedgehogs.
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- It wasn't unusual
for children to drink beer for breakfast and their day meal.We only
ate two meals a day
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