[Sca-cooks] impoverished college students

[A F Murphy]

'Lainie, the Paston letters are on line... Cool, no?

They don't talk as much about food as we might like, but they sure
discuss clothing. Of course they  expected the kids to go have a pint -
we expect kids to go to a movie. Same place in the social and
entertainment life. Sometimes you just have to put the books down and
get out of the house with your friends.

Anne

Laura C. Minnick wrote:

>At 11:16 PM 5/5/02 -0500, you wrote:
>
>>But Misha, you've expressed an interest in the true "Medieval"
>>experience. Many (most?) college students in medieval times were
>>impoverished. There are period letters writing home asking for more
>>money.
>>
>
>Many. Even the Paston letters have them-
>