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To: bert

Ancients would have painted their houses—at least a whitewash-—maybe put good luck symbols to ward off evil spirits.


12 posted on 02/07/2015 10:36:41 AM PST by Forward the Light Brigade (Into the Jaws of H*ll Onward! Ride to the sound of the guns!)
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To: Forward the Light Brigade

You reminded me of something.

Does anyone know/remember what a ‘bottle tree’ is?

I had never seen one, until we drove by a house a couple of months ago that had one - in Maryland! :-)


13 posted on 02/07/2015 11:04:34 AM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: Forward the Light Brigade

A lime based whitewash has antibiotic properties.

Who knew there was any question that the average man had a mud constructed house. It’s not like he had a thousand slaves to haul and carve stone.


17 posted on 02/07/2015 12:15:22 PM PST by bgill (CDC site, "we still do not know exactly how people are infected with Ebola")
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