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Horrible Histories S01E03
↳ Slimy Stuarts: Wife swap with the Miserables, a Puritan family, and the Merrys, a Restoration family

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Some names such as Joy, Hope, and Mercy are still used today but others such as Silence, Discipline, and ‘If Christ had not died for thee, thou hadst been damned’ were real. Here is a list of more Puritan names

Tag yourself. I’m “Has-Descendents.”

History is one thousand times more utterly ridiculous than you might think O.O

Faint-not, perfect for the one with syncope

The Canton Independent-Sentinel, Pennsylvania, September 10, 1880

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The Daily Commonwealth, Topeka, Kansas, June 6, 1883

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The Minneapolis Journal, Minnesota, January 2, 1905

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Daily Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon, April 4, 1916

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Bernardsville News, New Jersey, July 14, 1938

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The Age, Melbourne, Australia, May 3, 1941

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Missouri, March 1, 1883  

A new word has been coined. It is d-u-d-e or d-o-o-d. The spelling does not seem to be distinctly settled yet, but custom will soon regulate it.

A dude cannot be old; he must be young, and to be properly termed a dude he should be one of a certain class who affect the Metropolitan theaters. The dude is from 19 to 28 years of age, wears trousers of extreme tightness, is hollow-chester, effeminate in his ways, apes the English and distinguishes himself among his fellowmen as a lover of actresses.

They are offensive, because they blow cigarette smoke in the ladies’ faces and monopolize the bar between the acts.