SC - Sustitutions for Walnuts-OOP
margali
margali at 99main.com
Thu May 25 11:18:12 PDT 2000
woof, woof!
;-)
How about the tradition of paying rents in pepper that used to be common
in the british isles-any idea when it started?
margali
>>>
Depends on where and when your talking, but
the odds of Odo the ploughman ever having a coin of his very own,
particularly in the Feudal era, are pretty long. Think barter. Spices
were
used for barter/trade, yes. So in that respect they were 'currency.'
Have
I found any evidence that in any given place and time spices had
specific
defined value for use in trade such as metal and inked paper now do? No
I
have not. Now I'm off to the IV caffeine drip.
Feeling like the dog Lycos, Puck
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