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Arctic explorer Peter Freuchen stands next to his third wife, Dagmar Freuchen-Gale. He is wearing a polar bear coat made from a bear he killed himself, 1947

He spent a number of years living among the Inuit. His first wife was a native Inuk and when she died he tried to get her buried in a church graveyard but the church didn't want to perform the burial as she hadn't been baptized, so he buried her himself.
 
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mellowyellow said:
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Arctic explorer Peter Freuchen stands next to his third wife, Dagmar Freuchen-Gale. He is wearing a polar bear coat made from a bear he killed himself, 1947

He spent a number of years living among the Inuit. His first wife was a native Inuk and when she died he tried to get her buried in a church graveyard but the church didn't want to perform the burial as she hadn't been baptized, so he buried her himself.
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Kind of puts you in mind of someone else, doesn't it... Gary 'O ?? :ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO:
 
Holes In Outhouse Doors Weren’t For Ventilation

There are many theories on why holes were cut in outhouse doors and the significance of their shape.

One theory is that the holes in the doors of outhouses were designed to let light from a lantern shine out at night. This would alert everyone that the outhouse was occupied.

It was believed the reason for the hole was to differentiate which outhouse was for the men and which was for the women, although this is disputed. Supposedly, the women’s had a crescent Moon cut into its door and the men’s had a star. If there were both shapes? It was to be used by the whole family.

The more popular belief is that the crescent shape was simply a way to open and close the door from the inside, as it seemed using expensive latching hardware would be waste on such a humble structure. Even when latches were added, the crescent Moon tradition lived on and is now a signature decoration for this piece of Americana.

Outhouse Sizes Varied

Outhouses were usually 3 to 4 feet square by 7 feet high with no window or heat. A well-built outhouse usually had a vent along the roof to vent out the chamber and a pipe from the box through the ceiling to vent out the gases. To avoid the odor reaching the home, most outhouses were built between 50 and 150 feet from the main house, often facing away from the house. They had either one or two chamber holes inside — one for the adults and a smaller one for the children.
Kind of a crappy story this morning, but it’s all I got..:oops:
 
NOTCHED WEDDING RING WORN TO DENOTE DIVORCE (1924)

Many women in England, who have been divorced from their husbands, continue to wear their wedding ring, but have a fracture cut in it by a jeweler, as an indication of that fact. Those who have parted from more than one husband have notches to indicate the number made in the edge of the gold band.

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Pappy said:
Holes In Outhouse Doors Weren’t For Ventilation

There are many theories on why holes were cut in outhouse doors and the significance of their shape.

One theory is that the holes in the doors of outhouses were designed to let light from a lantern shine out at night. This would alert everyone that the outhouse was occupied.

It was believed the reason for the hole was to differentiate which outhouse was for the men and which was for the women, although this is disputed. Supposedly, the women’s had a crescent Moon cut into its door and the men’s had a star. If there were both shapes? It was to be used by the whole family.

The more popular belief is that the crescent shape was simply a way to open and close the door from the inside, as it seemed using expensive latching hardware would be waste on such a humble structure. Even when latches were added, the crescent Moon tradition lived on and is now a signature decoration for this piece of Americana.

Outhouse Sizes Varied

Outhouses were usually 3 to 4 feet square by 7 feet high with no window or heat. A well-built outhouse usually had a vent along the roof to vent out the chamber and a pipe from the box through the ceiling to vent out the gases. To avoid the odor reaching the home, most outhouses were built between 50 and 150 feet from the main house, often facing away from the house. They had either one or two chamber holes inside — one for the adults and a smaller one for the children.
Kind of a crappy story this morning, but it’s all I got..:oops:
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Great story, thanks Pappy

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On December 28, 1918, Irish rebel and then-inmate Constance Markievicz was elected to the British Parliament as its first female Member.

Markievicz took part in the 1916 Easter Uprising against the British, and had been sentenced to death - which was commuted to life imprisonment in consideration of her gender. She was pardoned as part of a general amnesty, but imprisoned again in 1918 for anti-conscription activities. While in jail, she was elected as MP for Dublin St Patrick's, though even after being released from jail she, and other Sinn Fein MPs, did not take their seat. Instead, they formed their own Irish revolutionary government, in which Markievicz held a cabinet position - one of the first women in the world to do so. She left the government in protest over the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1922, and died in 1927.
 
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