About
Mistress Connie has had many years of experience talking, demonstrating, researching and getting hands on with history.
Having worked at a Yeomans Farm and for a Husbandsman, Connie has plenty of tales to tell and many crafts and skills to show and teach you.
Born in 1540, Connie is a day labourer
offering herself as an employee of quality with the ability to tailor her extensive experience in many households to suit almost any new position available.
(see website below for details of social structures) http://www.tudorgroup.co.uk/articles/social_structure.html
She has developed many skills throughout the years working for many employers, including William Shakespeare's mother.
Traditions from a bygone era, following the seasons throughout the year, Connie loves to enlighten and pass on her knowledge about the daily routine of Tudors, their clothes, education and pass times, festive preparations and celebrations throughout the year.
This song is called - English Ale
“To brewe beer - 10 Quarters malt, 2 Quarters wheet, 2 Quarters oates, 40 lb weight of hoppys. To make 60 barrels of sengyll beer.”
The first Ale recipe to be written in a book from 1503.
Weak ales, referred to as "small ales," were the everyday drink, with stronger ales consumed on more festive or celebratory occasions. The purity and healthfulness of water was suspect, although 'fayre' water was gathered from natural springs to consume. Ale-making, with its boiling of ingredients and its subsequent production of alcohol greatly reduced a number of health risks. Ale was also used as a form of payment for day labourers and wandering tradesmen. Normally on offer were 8 pints of ale for men and 6 pints for women labourers throughout any working day as well as food and monetary payment. You could barter for more though, although that may reflect badly on your employability.
Take a look at this website for more information
http://www.agecrofthall.org/newsletter/content/view/61/27/
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