Those locks of hair usually ended up inside a broach or a locket attached to a necklace where the item could lay close to ones heart. ... The modern age has lost touch with the old practices of ritual afforded the dying and the dead. ... Children died of childhood diseases. Many women died in childbirth or soon after of a fever. ... Eighteenth-century sentiment was replaced by nineteenth-century sentimentality, as evoked in the following popular verse: "If I should from this world/Depart you'd have a bit of my/Hair my hand and heart if we/Could no more each other see/You could still r...

• Word Count: 3367
• Approx Pages: 13
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• Grade Level: High School

Indeed, we shall see that towards the close of the Medieval period, as society became more peaceful, castle design began to lay more stress on the comforts of life and less on the needs of defense. ... "My son" said the Norman Baron, "I am dying and you will be heir To all the broad acres in England that William gave me for my share; When we conquered the Saxon at Hastings, and a nice little handful it is. But before you go over to rule it I want you to understand this; "The Saxon is not like us Normans. ...

• Word Count: 5493
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• Grade Level: High School

It is mentioned in Irish History that St. Patrick banished all the snakes from Ireland. This seems an impressive feat and we seem to be able to confirm it as fact as Ireland is indeed a country without snakes. However, the more realistic, and more mundane reason why there are no snakes in Ireland is because the country is an island surrounded by the sea. It was separated from the land mass of Europe around 6700 BC before snakes and other varieties of plant life were common in the country. ...

• Word Count: 10019
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate