To: tumblindice
I take it they just threw you in and then, if you survived the drop, they’d plug the hole and leave you in the dark.
14 posted on
07/15/2016 7:57:17 PM PDT by
Talisker
(One who commands, must obey.)
To: Talisker
I imagine some Normans may have seen something like this, on a pilgrimage maybe and thought, “That weel make a nice addition to mon castle!”
Yeah, it was pretty brutal. Often you got chucked in, were ‘forgotten’ and starved to death.
19 posted on
07/15/2016 8:13:59 PM PDT by
tumblindice
(America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
To: Talisker
PS But the Norman holes were a lot worse. Not enough room to swing a cat by the tail.
21 posted on
07/15/2016 8:19:13 PM PDT by
tumblindice
(America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
To: Talisker
Just like in Star Wars, at Jabba the Hut’s place.
28 posted on
07/15/2016 9:20:41 PM PDT by
married21
( As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.)
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