Learn Sumpin' New Every Day
Today, watching the marathon Worst Jobs in History on the Histroy channel, I learned the origin of two common words/phrases.
The Saxons learned how to make their ships from sawn planks, but cutting them was hard work. It took two people and a long saw. The handles of the saw are called dogs. Being on top was back-breaking work, but still way better than being on the bottom.
The Saxons learned how to make their ships from sawn planks, but cutting them was hard work. It took two people and a long saw. The handles of the saw are called dogs. Being on top was back-breaking work, but still way better than being on the bottom.