Jun. 8, 2002
Building in a Lawyer
Column by Robert S. Mann - In medieval England, if you were fortunate enough to live in an enclosed structure and even more fortunate enough to spare a few baskets of wheat sheaves, you used them as floor covering. You placed a piece of wood across the door opening to hold the stalks of wheat inside.
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In medieval England, if you were fortunate enough to live in an enclosed structure and even more fortunate enough to spare a few baskets of wheat sheaves, you used them as floor covering. You placed a piece of wood across the door opening to hold the stalks of wheat inside.
The wheat sheaves...
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