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[@dorianphilotheates3769]

The narrator for this series, Geraldine James, has the perfect voice - absolutely flawless.

[@Mr.Monta77]

Why do I have a feeling that you actually are Geraldine James, using a psevdonym?

[@dorianphilotheates3769]

Kim Caspar - Busted! 😊

[@sleeperburuk5340]

Please make a sleep hypnotic recording..

[@accidentalheadclunkers8517]

She could make my kid eat vegetables.

[@pipsqueex]

also the narrator for tales from the green valley, his voice is lovely.

[@AB-es5py]

I feel like Ruth has a secret time machine. She always sounds like she's done all of this before and this just normal day-to-day. Such a good series

[@gailhandschuh1138]

Ruth is a historian of British common life so, since her household knowledge goes back centuries it is simple for her to adapt her knowledge to any period in time. General household jobs, change very little over the decades. Some of the equipment changed but you could always revert to older methods.

[@gailhandschuh1138]

Peter is gaining DIY knowledge as these series go on. He didn’t even have to ask how to make Lime Putty this time. He knew how to make the kiln.

[@johndowe7003]

shes been doing these things for the past 30 years just about so yeah of course she adapts easily

[@johndowe7003]

@Itznun Yabizness I'm sure you got plenty of that exercise

[@ohmyblindman]

If she could take it down a notch from 11 to 10, she'd be a bit more palatable. That degree of enthusiasm is just weird. The boys seem to have it just right.

[@amberchurch2058]

I love ruth she is such a cool woman and does everything with all her might. Love these shows

[@lasundratrussell7131]

Me too. I wonder if Ruth has university degrees (I suppose so). I love listening to her.

[@OstblockLatina]

All this is true, but I still cringe at her screaming and giggling like a possessed 12 year old.

[@jaystreet46]

Agreed!

[@BeckBeckGo]

@@RobbyHouseIV She completely ignored you Yes, that was on purpose So was that

[@Rachel-yr7ch]

@@OstblockLatina I kinda like it, shows just how enthusiastic she is.

[@danmo43]

You may not believe this but I can remember my grandmother making her butter exactly how Ruth made butter back in the 1960's before her kids could afford to buy her an electric churn. Her butter milk is why I LOVE butter milk to this day. She would sell eggs and butter to the local general stores for her spending money. She and my grandfather were some of the last of the small farmers. He never worked a "normal" job and never drove a car. He even plowed behind 2 mules. The 1960's were kind of the pivot between the old days and modern days.

[@lizh1988]

Thank you. My family moved from a small town in Michigan to a large city in Ohio in 1972, and that really felt like a pivot eta, at least looking back at it. We left small farms behind, and they shut down or went like McDonald's, are mcfarms now. I did not get to like butter until adulthood, because we lived in town, and margarine was a lot cheaper than butter. Now I love the real thing. ✌️

[@GuildOfTrespassers]

Bit late comment, but my grandma in Poland did it as well in the 1980's. I never liked the smell and taste of this butter though ;)

[@danmo43]

@@GuildOfTrespassers I didn't care for it either but my sister loved them.

[@steveskouson9620]

I STILL make my own butter. But I make creme fresh, first. Get some heavy cream. Add a small amount of cultured buttermilk, or cultured sour cream to it. (1/4 cup, to 1/2 gallon.) I let my cream set up, on the kitchen counter, in quart canning jars. I use 3 of them, for 1/2 gallon of cream. You need that air space. After the cream has curdled, I shake the jars, until the cream "breaks." Just like Ruth does, it gets harder and harder to churn, and then, it just separates out. A lump of butter, in a jar of buttermilk. (It is almost 1/2 butter.) It usually takes 5 to 10 minutes, until it breaks. Rinse it out, salt it, and it goes into the refrigerator. steve

[@danmo43]

@@steveskouson9620 Very, very cool, Steve. :)

[@AMiniki]

The fact that Ruth’s daughter followed on her footsteps and she’s now a guest at the show to TEACH them how to do some specialised craft is just amazing. Her husband is on this too. He is the painter. I love how all of them are historians and trying to keep traditions alive.

[@psychodoodler__7736]

Which one is her daughter?

[@AMiniki]

@@psychodoodler__7736 The book binder. She’s also on all the other series as a guest. Except Tales of the Green Valley, Tales from the Castle and Full Steam Ahead.

[@theluxereseller]

I’ve heard her husband was on this, but never knew which one he was! Thanks for sharing!

[@aryanuada847]

@@AMiniki I think she was in Tales from the Castle. If I recall, she was teaching her mother about golden thread and hand embroidery, unless that was someone else?

[@schatze3412]

@@aryanuada847 That was her.

[@jasmineg9738]

Isn’t it cool how when you reach a point in technological advancements we want to live in a simpler time. It’s fascinating and beautiful to see that cycle.

[@jenniferpeterson7016]

So much truth in that!

[@timberwolf1575]

That particular foolishness is the result of people not appreciating just how much difficult work it is to live in those "earlier, simpler times". Every couple of years, some group or other will gather a bunch of people to run a farm. The results are generally predictable and tragic.

[@darkranger116]

People actually want to be connected to the world they live in.

[@pansprayers]

Yes, I can't wait to go back to the days of 'lived to the ripe old age of died in childbirth' if the flu didn't kill you. Really hoping that the Monastery overload doesn't leave my family starving to death by taking 90% of my crops is pretty high on my list, right next to being accused of adultry for flashing an ankle.

[@gemini_interests]

I gave up a lot over the last 20 years... And I really miss nothing. Off-Grid, handwashing everything but big blankets, truck in water, composting toilets, farming...I really dont miss cable because I never had it...lol...and I really love living in the silence and down a dirt road... And since the phone gets internet...I never lack midnight entertainment. The coyotes sing me to sleep...its peaceful.

[@DamonNomad82]

Seeing how integral the Church was to daily life at the start of the Tudor period illustrates just how world-shattering Henry VIII's dissolution of the monasteries would have been to the average English person at the time.

[@catzkeet4860]

Actually he at a stroke removed most of the assistance that most of the poor, destitute, and disabled relied on and replaced it with landlords who took without giving.

[@roefane2258]

There’s a pro and con to every major change in history. Everyone in this comment thread, other comments, the series, etc. have all made excellent points for both columns. This is why is so important to learn history and not just the stuff that impacted your far away ancestors and the really “cool” parts but others ancestors along with the “boring” day to day too. (Wow, just realizing how that may sound really snobby, but I don’t mean it that way. Have a nice day!)

[@lizh1988]

@Megan Greene What it means to be saved without "works" is that none of our good deeds will get us to heaven. But God told Christians to feed the poor etc., Not as a way to get to heaven, but because people are sometimes in need, and God does not want them to go hungry and sick or anything.

[@kingnarothept6917]

@Megan Greene While the church had it's pros, it had it's cons. Racism, Homophobia, Anti-science amongst many, many cons.

[@pereiraplaza222]

@Megan Greene Protestants really are pieces o.s.

[@BlackLion602]

Ruth getting the boys ready to serve is like a mom getting her sons ready for a play or church. Going over how you do things and encouraging them to be on their best behavior.

[@brightphoebesays]

It looked like there was almost a kiss for Mum in that scene. : )

[@alyssamorgan9691]

"Apprentice book binder Eve Goodman", Ruth must be so proud!!

[@sylviatamieanan4088]

Is it a surprise that Ruth's daughter chose such a trade? ;-)

[@sleeperburuk5340]

Eve is so beautiful

[@steemlenn8797]

Haha, I am just at that position and I was going "Huh, what? Wasn't her daughter named Eve... Hell, she is it!" I am not sure about the financial prospects of that profession, but heart-wise she got it 100% right :D Bibliophiles of the world unite! (And read "Ascendence of a Bookworm".)

[@AlishN7]

@@steemlenn8797 In the "Secrets of the Castle" Eve also makes an appearance, and there she is introduced as an apprentice conservator or something like that, and there Ruth and Eve are having a go at making gold thread and gold thread embroidery. I would imagine she could be now working at a museum, conserving paper and textiles, which is so cool :)

[@pansprayers]

@@steemlenn8797 there's good money in that niche if you get through the apprenticeship with references. Museums/private collectors pay large sums of money for those who can maintain collections.

[@kaylizzie7890]

30:23 when Ted is surprised by how strong Peter is, it’s just so pure. I can only imagine how strong someone would be as a farmer in Tudor England.

[@joygernautm6641]

I am quite delighted that there is a value for historians who do these type of things in England. The fact that they take care and put resources into maintaining spaces like this and keeping history alive is fantastic

[@neilgigandet8145]

This is more interesting and informative than reading any book or attending any class about history. I love it. This should be done for all known cultural time-periods. It is a great contribution to our education about ourselves. Amazing!

[@dross24MA]

Neil, it may not be done for *all* periods *yet* but they *have* done similar series on many others - Victorian, Edwardian, the Steam Engine, 13C Castle, Medieval foods and more....all wondrous productions!

[@leechowning2712]

I honestly would like to see communities like this here in the states. These "farm" seasons are filmed in active historic communities throughout England. Although I wish more would actually live in the community, like they are during this year, rather than just taking it as a daytime workplace.

[@marcomorellato8626]

Peter Ginn lifting a huge log with one arm, total badass.

[@0623kaboom]

it was all that haying from vic farm the year before lol

[@majestichotdog1195]

y getting your back worn out early is pretty badass, but i think its even better to cooperate

[@trippinonlizard54]

That little terrier in the boat is a whole mood this year. 💖

[@ChronicRen]

The way she freezes mid word when the butter noise changed was fun, just the way that she’s done this so much that immediately after hearing it she knows it’s done.

[@alistairmcelwee7467]

How does Ruth know how to cook/make everything? It’s astounding!

[@servraghgiorsal7382]

Its called EDUCATION!! She has spent her life learning things, not only books, but. Experiential ly. 0

[@servraghgiorsal7382]

There's people who go to school and piss their I opportunities away. Then there's those whose mind's open up and they love to learn about the world. I.m not bragging my. Addiction is reading. Last time I changed my bedsheets, I had 26 books in bed with me. When I'm desperate to get to sleep, I read history of the Russian Revolution. SO. C onvoluted I NOD OFF!!

[@eternalenigma1628]

I love that you never know what you're going to learn when you're watching these. Tidbits like the origin of the words spirits and cupboard feel so cool to know.

[@Shadefangg]

I loved the book binding girls enthusiasm for the job, you can tell how much she loves the history and art of the craft.

[@xRemRooodx]

She is Ruth's daughter, so she takes off her mother. :)

[@Saskatchetooner]

She’s not a girl, she is a woman

[@nerrissarichards]

“Wealthier peasant”😂😂😂 I love how they made the paper it seems so much more precious.

[@debuhrich4851]

The amount of work required just to survive, let alone thrive during this time is absolutely mind boggling.

[@СветланаАрипова-ъ2н]

where is laundry?

[@Itried20takennames]

23:27. “People believed bad smells meant something would make you sick.” Still do. Worked briefly in Occupational Medicine, and workers in factories would often complain of symptoms or be worried by much less harmful chemicals with a strong odor, and more careless around harmful ones that didn’t have a strong, chemical smell, and had to be reminded to use eye protection, masks, etc.

[@Ecapsora]

They do the same for gas stoves. The gas is naturally odorless so they add sulfur to it to give it that "rotten eggs" smell that's so easy for our noses to pick up. That way you can tell if the gas is leaking before it reaches a dangerous level

[@Kiku91]

I have to wonder if that is because we learned to avoid contamination in waste and cadavers and are more repulsed by foul smells. Our brains haven’t developed extra-neurosensory alerts to more dangerous chemicals, because we have the knowledge and materials to avoid it. (Or rather we do but we are more oblivious to those warning signs out body gives us.) Correct me if I’m wrong, just some smattering of speculation.

[@Marlaina]

Also simply when food spoils. You know not to eat or drink say milk and beef when it has a bad odor emitting from it.

[@woodenkat8971]

Tho sometimes the powerful odors can make you suck. I have a sensitivity to some perfumes and commercial deodorizer that are heavily scented. Including febreeze. Can't stand the stuff.

[@ItsAsparageese]

@@Kiku91 You're totally correct. I want to say the common bacterial product is sulfur hydroxide (it's sulfur something). I read about it in The Ghost Map, a great book on the Broad Street cholera outbreak in London in the 1800s. But yeah precisely, we are very much evolved to go "oh gross that reeks of bacterial activity, I shouldn't eat it"

[@michaeljull1175]

“Women considered beyond the temptations of the flesh were hired too, so Ruth is on her way to work” this narrator an actual savage

[@NitaLink81]

😂 Poor Ruth

[@Jinxsuxyo]

I came to literally comment this lol. She's only 59 in 2023, so she wasn't even old then. Lol! Love Ruth.

[@melodyandbryanphillips8304]

😂

[@blacksheepk]

59 is old enough to feel beyond the temptations of the flesh.

[@wizardfroggy]

28:19

[@leegorsuch3323]

Ruth is an Amazing Woman . Love watching these programs with her in them . I believe she could live in anytime and prosper. Looks like she has done all this before and it’s old hand . I believe Ruth can do anything, very strong Lady . Keep the good work up Ruth . Enjoy these shows with you in them ! Thank you, Ruth I have learned so much from you .

[@amandajlemen]

I love this series. It helps me learn tips for my own farm lol. We live pretty similarly to this to be honest....I have a herd of east friesian sheep that I milk and make butter and cheese from. I use a churn just like that one. I use wooden bowls we turned ourselves on the lathe. I have Finn sheep too, and alpacas and angora rabbits and goats which all produce fiber that can be made into clothing, so I card and spin the wool, then I knit and weave it. I have a floor loom, 52 Inch, and a rigid heddle. I grow our food in the gardens, I grow millet for a base grain, and we have an orchard and berry patch. I bake and preserve and butcher out lambs and rabbits. I grow my own dye plants, (cleaver are one of them btw....their roots make a red dye) like indigo, woad, dyers weld, and use the weeds too as many are valuable dye plants like goldenrod. I have a medicinal garden and make tinctures, tisanes, etc. I do wood working and turning from scratch, as in from a living tree to lathed item or board. I make my own soap from lamb fat and lye. I do glass blowing and pottery and I'm learning to make clay from soil here on the farm. I tan skins from the butchered animals and preserve and smoke the meat. I have a large willow garden for making baskets..... And I'm just starting to learn some beginning blacksmithing as well :). But like I was saying....it's so amazing to have such an in-depth account and explanation of many of these skills. It has truly helped me a lot here on the farm, like that wood steaming trick and the white coal!!! I never thought about digging a hole as the base of a large steaming chamber! So many helpful tips!!!! Thank you guys so much for this amazing series!!

[@laurahoward5426]

😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂

[@ItsAsparageese]

What a cool comment! Your life sounds delightful. Thanks for sharing about your experiences

[@jeantillotson4091]

@@ItsAsparageesesheep’s yoghurt is delicious too, I used to buy it when I lived in the uk.

[@amandajlemen]

​@@jeantillotson4091 Yes!!! It's delicious! This is my first year doing yogurt, and it was incredible. I've done Greek culture as well as a much thinner drinkable style yogurt with blended fruit pulp/juice. Playing around with how long to scald the milk as far as its effect on the final texture and the incubation process as well

[@amandajlemen]

​@@ItsAsparageeseThank you 😊

[@sphinxrising1129]

I find stuff like this so fascinating, as it clearly shows one just how easy we have it in modern times.

[@dietlindvonhohenwald448]

But nowadays we have other types of problems and most people have depression and anxiety...

[@Picachki]

I’ve learned so much from this series and it’s actually helped me understand my catholic family better. I wish my Grandma was alive so we could watch these together. She’d have so much to teach me. I’m happy to understand her way of life better regardless. Thank you!

[@kelleybrown1666]

Next time I complain about doing the laundry, I'll thank God that at least I dont have to wash my clothes in a lake!

[@meeeka]

As a student, I lived in Iran, in Tehran, a modern city, where peasant women housekeepers washed clothes in the clean snow melt water flowing along the street gutters. Or, if they wanted to clean sheets and covers, they boiled them in huge boilers.

[@kelleybrown1666]

@phil erup lol, maybe so, but at least *I* don't have to do it with my own power.

[@blabla-rg7ky]

@@meeeka is that good or bad?

[@0623kaboom]

think about the old west and having to do that as well ... with well water ... makes leather a much cheaper option

[@sari5749]

but it's fun washing in there. you'll get little fish and shrimps biting at your arse while you beat the laundry.

[@nickg5250]

I really don't know how I came across this channel, but this might be one of the most consistently satisfying, interesting, quality, and entertaining channels I've ever seen.Top quality old school PBS vibes here in America (...RIP America...)

[@TRVBAL]

this series is really good for my anxiety. its calming to watch something historical and not worry about the present. plus im learning

[@historyjunky1299]

Why can't they have a series on TV like "how its made" but for middle ages, stone age, bronze age, ancient greek times etc etc.... I prefer to see how butter is made rather than an iPad

[@historyjunky1299]

@Creepy Hair Sniffer I've seen all those episodes already haha. Thank you though. All my KZbin time is spent watching history episodes

[@michaelwescott8064]

Because they dont have tudor butter churns for sale, now the ipads you mentioned...

[@maury8441]

because you're watching it on youtube :)

[@mrsmithorginals]

The six corporations that own all television media are all propaganda arms of the globalist elite. They have an agenda to push and that is all they are concerned with. Haven't watched actual Television in over ten years. KZbin since being bought by Google is following suit also. AMONG THE CONSERVATIVE VOICES BANNED FROM KZbin TODAY SGT REPORT X22 REPORT PRAYING MEDIC PATRIOT SANDBOX SARAH WESTALL DOLLAR VIGILANTE RED PILL 78 EDGE OF WONDER SPACESHOT 76 IN THE MATRIX JUST INFORMED TALK Edge of Wonder andweknow Destroying the Illusion In Pursuit of Truth (IPOT) Woke Societies Amazing Polly The Patriot Hour TRU Reporting Dustin Nemos Stroppy Me Truth and Art TV Sean Morgan Mouthy Buddah Red Racer Video Alice Down the Rabbit Hole

[@steveperson5686]

It was called the history channel, and we also had the same thing called animal planet.... now its some "my extreme puppy home makeover" crap. They don't want people smart, only those who seek knowledge shall have it. Also watch for modern day book burnings. (deletion/removal, or impede, that of access or awareness to which therein potential compromised likeliness of knowledge procurement is diminished.)

[@billmiller4972]

Those two guys are like small boys. They have so much fun working with the mud for the floor. Love it!

[@21whichiswhich]

Watching Ruth is an absolute delight.

[@Kat-is3nm]

If they had taught this kind of history in school, I might have paid actual attention in class. But all they consider as "important history" is this war and that war and this government and that government. There's so much more to history than just wars and governments! There's history of exploration and inventions and discoveries and arts. I'm so glad we now have youtube and series like this for those of us who are interested in REAL history.

[@spookayitsme]

Well, of you find war unappealing in class... You would hate a real war even more. One of the good ways to keep something like another world war from happening - is to teach people about them and how destructive and bad they can be when they're in school. Weird about that

[@mariamargaritagarcia8049]

FABULOUS COMMENT !!!

[@FireFr0ggy]

I hated History in school but would read History in my free time. As you said more than just the wars and who's who (that caused and fought in the wars) I was more interested in the people. Their traditions, cultures, the food they ate, their day to day life. The inventions, innovations and ingenious ways they solved every day problems to push us into the 21st century. (Same reason why I adore the Industrial Revolution, Victorian and Edwardian Era.)

[@gailcbull]

@@spookayitsme But if you only teach about the destructiveness then you are only teaching less then half of human history. The majority of human history is developments in arts, philosophy, sciences and technology. Without these developments, we would all still be living in huts (or caves) as our stone age ancestors use to. I agree with you that it is good to teach the negative side of history, but that doesn't mean that we shouldn't teach the positive side.

[@spookayitsme]

@@gailcbull I didn't say that you should ONLY teach bad things. I didn't even imply it.

[@karengoldner4719]

My back hurt just watching her churn that butter!! I never thought watching a video about monastic farm life could be so much fun, but you did it!! Thank you! 😊

[@TheHomesteadingHobbit]

All you have to do is close your eyes when Eve is speaking, and you hear Ruth coming out! Love it! Like Mother like Daughter!!!!❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@Snuzzled]

"What would happen if I drank the methanol?" "You'd probably go blind." "So how do you know when it's changed from methanol to ethanol?" "You just guess." 🙃

[@timberwolf1575]

Welcome to uncontrolled distillation. Be thankful we have advanced to distillation towers which can separate such things. Otherwise, you would be shocked how much more toxic exposure you'd get.

[@pansprayers]

@@timberwolf1575 or, if you're working a still, use a match after you pull the first liter. If you're getting a blue flame, run.

[@snazzypazzy]

Thankfully they have the cure for methanol poisoning right there - it's ethanol, the regular drinking alcohol!

[@Chlo-ee]

When he said “watermark” #mindblown 🤯

[@bellatrixareforkids7406]

I would love to visit one of these little towns for a week or so.

[@thijmones6700]

Can i go to

[@mimidoll13]

I'm actually looking into working at a place like this.

[@7rotorhead]

This was filmed at the Weald and Downland Open Air Museum in West Sussex England: www.wealddown.co.uk And at Downside Abbey in Somerset.

[@EmmaLee150]

SAME 😍😍

[@wyvrennemacdaniels]

I wanna live in one for a year. hahahaha. I totally understand you.

[@Tsiri09]

It always amazes me how in the world they figured things out like those floor cements.

[@blabla-rg7ky]

I would like to know that, too...

[@0623kaboom]

well the tudors were after the romans who invented cement ... so they knew how to make it for ages .. they just didnt have the same skill as the romans had is all

[@SweetTea-Stephens]

Rome had the best cement ever. We still can’t even produce what they did back then. Crazy right?

[@IrchaMan]

@@SweetTea-Stephens Partly true. Concrete hardens over time, and roman concrete has hardened for 2000 years. Plus, we now know that the secret ingredient was volcanic ash, and we're starting to adopt to it because of lower environmental footprint and longer lifespan :)

[@petuniasevan]

@@IrchaMan Another problem with modern concrete is rebar. Yes strengthens the concrete but at the expense of eventual corrosion. A lot of infrastructure is crumbling due to this "achilles heel" of modern concrete construction. There's a parking garage in my town that was built in the 1960s and is condemned and falling apart (Wisconsin winters and the freeze/thaw cycle doesn't help).

[@Jinxsuxyo]

@40:00 Ruth's daughter looks so much like her. So sweet.

[@sarasaiti1755]

I enjoy this series so much,I'm totally addicted as a matter of fact. This is the quality content I signed up for,keep up the great work!

[@taterkaze9428]

Happy to have found the AH channel. Love this series, Ruth is a star, excellent presentation through ceaseless curiosity. The level of detail in this series in exploring period technologies is astounding.

[@blabla-rg7ky]

agree

[@lilkay1111]

I'm African American but I like to watch videos like this about how others and my ancestors daily life back then

[@dross24MA]

Perhaps we could induce them to do projects on African, as well as Egyptian and other earlier, less common customs and ways. That would be truly interesting and, although probably difficult to research, fascinating to learn about! Hmmmmm...need to do some searching...

[@babyvaso3855]

@@dross24MA In 2021? I dunno lol, I'm also Black but I just can't see anything of that nature not being politicized to death.

[@sarah_noodle]

@@dross24MA Dr. JoAnn Fletcher did a fascinating 2-episode documentary on daily life in Ancient Egypt. I think it’s on this channel. I’ve also seen documentaries that compre current practices in African life with ancient ones, but I cannot remember for the life of me what they are called.

[@Julie-hb5qx]

I can't get enough of Ruth and the team!

[@FrugalFunMum]

I love Ruth she's always so positive and loving anything she is doing. Gosh I'd love to spend a week with her in these series you would learn so much! Thanks for sharing this series! Loved it!

[@pinkyvdt]

That Jack Green fellow is a true "Jack of all trades". He has been in a few of these doing different things. In one he was even making fireworks. So much knowledge in 1 man.

[@CaptainGuy42]

I'm most surpised to find out the floor was more than just dirt. I figured if it wasn't wood planks or stone tiles then it was just packed dirt.

[@craigdonald551]

Paul Deland when I was a student I used to do Christmas deliveries for the Post Office , There was an old farmhouse I delivered mail to a few miles outside Aberdeen, Scotland. the main room had a earthen floor, it wasn’t a hovel, an old farmer lived in it. This was about 50 years ago.

[@catzkeet4860]

A beaten or rammed earth floor isn’t as rustic as you might think. There are several additives(mostly proteins like milk or blood) that can be added to it to make it as hard wearing and impervious as a tiled floor.

[@--enyo--]

It reminded me of tatami mats.

[@dietlindvonhohenwald448]

for the peasants, yes.

[@lubystkaolamonola529]

18:50 the dog is so adorable.

[@thisisyang820]

It's past midnight. Yet, I can't put to wait watching this. Awesome and informative as always!

[@celticlass8573]

The rushwoman's dog is adorable.

[@DragonFae16]

I love learning the origins of terms and phrases and seeing the way things were done before the industrial revolution.

[@0623kaboom]

i like the beard to bard imagery ... you hired a beard to do a ceremony or educate ... then times changed and you hired a bard to tell a story of the times ... most likely the former professional beards for hire ... having travelled far and wide would have stories to tell and could pass news around easily

[@audrawolff8288]

@Dragon Age 16 Me too!👍😀

[@Saskatchetooner]

Etymology

[@kasie680]

I just love Ruth!!❤ “ Go on, be gorgeous!” 😂

[@frankieamsden7918]

Poor Ruth, to be considered the old woman beyond tempting. She is neither old nor untempting.

[@cathrynbatista5040]

I LOVE making my own butter for the holidays, it’s so relaxing.

[@stoker1931jane]

16:32 my elderly (1934-2017) Mother would put her cutting boards out in the sun after she scrubbed them clean. And her Mother (1889-1967) would, like my fraternal grandmother (1909-1999) have had special jars, in her kitchen, that contained sand, salt and soda for cleaning her pots & pans. ✌🏻😊🇳🇱

[@A.Hess7749]

Ruth is my favourite, she loves what she does, and I’ve learnt so much from her. She brings these forgotten times back to life. ❤️

[@TheHomesteadingHobbit]

I have watched these documentaries since they first came out and this is the first time I'm realizing Eve (Ruth's daughter) is the flipping Book Binder in this episode. How did I miss this until now????? I know she's on different episodes but usually she's just there helping out mama....this time she's a legit expert on something! 😂😂😂😂😂

[@archygirl1750]

I love these shows. Ruth is amazing. I would listen to her read the dictionary. She is a treasure. And they boys are pretty dang good too.

[@evelyneweissenborn8231]

The little dog in Linda’s boat at 18:50 🥺😍❤️

[@danad.6327]

53:16 Ruth’s cringing and the way she mouths “Noooo…” are hilarious.

[@evenstar435]

This series is fascinating! I would've loved to learn history like this in school.

[@suanching3971]

Am addicted to watch this kind of show, where Ruth is there 🤗 it's more interesting to watched........ Can watch day and night

[@sbenton62]

Very absorbing and well done. Thanks to everyone involved

[@danielleboely6820]

That open space for the door is a challenge for Tony I certainly sure he will find a way to make it great

[@Msfeathers7]

This is a great. So much to learn how to take care of ourselves if need be.

[@renitalake3580]

Leave it to KZbin University!

[@0623kaboom]

think about that statement ... and then think about a prepper ... the skills dont come first hand they come with practice ... this is what being ready for anything is about ... the ability to adapt to the situation and survive ... look at all this old technology and then look around and see what looks similar or even the same ... there are tons of modern examples to everything seen in this episode alone ... things may have changed but the basically remain the same.

[@Winsome-n4i]

She sounds exactly like her mother!😊 Every mannerism and intonation.

[@Patchaddictedpolymath]

I wait for these videos like how I imagine crack addicts wait for their dealer. Keep em' comin'!

[@0623kaboom]

crack addicts WAIT for a dealer ... um never .. they dance they search and they do anything they can to find them .... no such thing as a crack addict WAITING

[@kittybitty420]

@@0623kaboom LMFAO omg that was fucking hilarious, best comment I've read this morning.

[@kittybitty420]

@@0623kaboom on a serious note though, doesn't matter what the drug is, you're still waiting for one of your dealers or middle men to hit you back up.😂

[@honieethesolarpunk4895]

Lol wtf

[@shahabmos5130]

@Kat Harper this isssss spar... internet .

[@keithrelyea7997]

I've just watched a few of these and to tell you I have never had such a wonderful educational experance. I grew up on a small 1950's farm, I have studied all sorts of human history and so much appricate how your treatment of humans through time demonstrates how we have benefited by advances. You put all together, thank you.

[@carolbutler6932]

An amazing amount of work for so much that we take for granted every day. Best of all, lovely butter.

[@sunkissed1974]

I still make my own butter much the same way. I am so addicted to this program that I listen to it through my headset at work lol

[@Merylstreep1949]

Also would love to see this trio of Ruth and Co. tackle more periods of history like 1920s and 50s n 1960s

[@jeantillotson4091]

They have made these periods too, really interesting

[@KTCC13]

Watching this series I’ve seen so many things that many cultures have used in similar ways throughout history. So interesting

[@audrey9561]

I love these historical series! So entertaining and educational

[@Joanneteh32]

I’m a aromatherapist and during my free time ,I binge watch on historical series .My dream is to be a historian or a curator but I don’t have the brains for it so I satisfy my thirst for history watching KZbin and visiting museums ☺️😅❤️❤️❤️💻Thank you absolute history!

[@yulebones]

The apprentice bookbinder was so charming, and it's so evident how much she loves what she's doing. She's going to do a great job teaching her own apprentices in the craft one day.

[@Nightdiver20]

I think that's Ruth's daughter. She pops up in a few of her programs.

[@yulebones]

@@Nightdiver20 Oh, that would explain why she's such a great teacher!

[@Nightdiver20]

@@yulebones comes by it honestly

[@sphinxrising1129]

There used to be a type setter/printer up town that made a living doing it the old fashioned way, & he allowed me to stand by & watch him work, & teaching me what he knew, which I thought was super cool.

[@michaelhowell2326]

Thank you so dang much, Absolute History. This series is so entertaining. I hope to the greater being in the Heavens that you will include "Full Steam Ahead" and Tales from the Green Valley". I know you will.

[@meeeka]

I'm really blown away by this series and a European series (in English)about the development of medieval dining. So much of what and why we are taught about the way Brits ate and drank, is almost exactly opposite of the way the French, Italian and Western germans ate and drank. Amazing. And both sets of docos are from "Absolute History."

[@joannecarroll5504]

@@meeeka both sets of docos are stolen from BBC Scotland

[@wich1]

Joanne Carroll they aren’t stolen, they license these from the IP owners

[@catslove3884]

Salt for cleaning. Yes I use it with lemon juice on my wooden cutting boards

[@lilsewell9636]

I Love this Series!! I grew up on a farm as a child. Hard work, but we all worked Together. We had Horses, Ponies, and a lot of other Animals to care for. Lived on top of the mountain & had a Natural Spring for water. Collected eggs from the chickens, milked the cows and churned butter, collected wild blackberries & apples to make pies & preserves, and harvested Vegetables. Plucked the Turkey for Thanksgiving ( parents killed it). The only bad memories I had was finding out my favorite pig ( that I'd spoiled since he was a baby piglet) was in the smokehouse. I had already eaten the bacon before I found out (Broke my heart). Also had a Bear try to break in during the Winter. We lived 2 miles from the nearest neighbor, so We barricaded the door & luckily it went away after an hour of trying. The House burned down, so We had to move, or I could have stayed there Forever. Everytime I watch these programs, it reminds me of how wonderful it was. Thank you!

[@jesusnthedaisychain]

Was the bacon any good?

[@lilsewell9636]

@@jesusnthedaisychain Its been over 40 years & i still remember the taste of it to this day. It had too much Coarse pepper and salt covering it (Almost like a cross between Bacon & Jerky). We weren't allowed to leave the table until we ate Everything, so I stuffed it in my mouth, ran to the bathroom and threw it up.

[@thetruthandnothingbutthetr6484]

@@lilsewell9636 what’s stopping you from going back and living on you a farm ...do away with modern conveniences

[@StrikaAmaru]

51:00 Bucket nothing; my grandfather used a whole barrel; it looked something like an oversized bucket, but wit a capacity of about 200 liters. when it wasn't booze season, it served as a rain collector.

[@patriciac.4775]

this is such a great watch! i think schools would teach more history mixing videos like this with actual visiting and hands on experiencing of ... well anything really.when done in this way with these experts,to see how passionate they are about what they learned and pass that in a real way. it truly teaches.chemistry,in real life , seing how reactions happen,lye water,plant ash, lye putty,the way curdled milk binds, to see bleaching done by uv... i dunno, i think if i were a parent i would love to see them learn these things logically. the printing press,such an important invention, unlike memorising the numbers of the date and names for example, ust feels like,ooh,more things in a book that do not help me at all for remembering.as for this entire experience , it would be much more fun and best of all a true understanding of people and history, they go from being names in a book to real life amazing and innovative characters,understandable and memorable. absolutely love this!

[@pansprayers]

Move to Massachusetts. They do, well, all that on the working reenactment farms. They don't let the kids do it though because Mr Kevin and Ms. Karen are sue happy.

[@joe-vl3nd]

Brilliant show The experts they have are wonderful to watch

[@CrazyDeeDee]

Another great episode, thanks for bringing it to us 🤗

[@brightphoebesays]

I love the distiller's 15th century spectacles tied on with string.

[@sandrajames7961]

What a treasure this is! Thank you for such a great look at this time period. Loved it♥

[@KookieKarolle]

I don't usually comment, but I am a HUGE fan of this channel and your whole family's endeavors!! I am hinting at my family to pitch-in for a trip fo me to come and volunteer for my bday (next month). Unfortunately, my passport expired two years ago, so maybe next year??!! I wish I could be a patron, it's just not in my budget 😢. Still, I have watched every video and am loyally following along! Have a feeling Tracy and I would be fast friends! So happy to see Graham and Rob back! Ya'll are soooo awesome!

[@ironcladranchandforge7292]

This channel is amazing!! I cannot stop watching.

[@52daa]

Ruth is my favorite on these series, never lost her temper, works hard and very inspiring

[@aldod3937]

As someone who makes homemade butter, that butter could have used a little more churning until it became a solid Mass basically and then all the buttermilk needs to be washed off or it can make the butter sour

[@lburgess63]

I grew up in the 70s in Wisconsin, dairy capital of the US. But with four kids and an insanely tight budget, my parents could only afford real butter on Easter and for Christmas. I swore that when I grew up, I'd eat real butter, or go without. Flash forward 50 years. I've eaten butter from around the world. For my money, if I could eat only one butter until I die, it'd be Derry Gold, (sp?) from Ireland. I've never had homemade like this. What an experience, with hot bread fresh from the oven.

[@enclave2k1]

Lye short for alkali... _out of sorts_ refers to insufficient type setting?! So much cool info!

[@AnthonyLeighDunstan]

51:49 “Just a little sip. *Don’t drink it all!*” What a prickly old fart. 😂

[@karanfield4229]

How on earth did they discover curdled milk makes the mix stronger! Fascinating stuff!😲

[@saveimageas...9352]

The difference between science and fucking around is writing it down

[@readmycomment3157]

It always amazes me how people in the past did things that worked without knowing how, like leaving dairy items out in UV light. It makes you wonder how much other wisdom has been lost to time. FYI Eve at 40 minutes is Ruth's daughter!

[@lexilei191]

I love Ruth Goodman!💚

[@blabla-rg7ky]

so does her husband ^_^

[@jackiereynolds2888]

Fabulous. I'm hearing the derivations of so many people, places, and things. And at the end of this particular series - piece mention of table-scraps saved and distributed to the poor. Again, - another derivation. Of course. Charity was held to be very virtuous, so it's practice was esteemed. As scraps were referenced and referred to as 'manners' - having good manners comes to be easily understood, - yet another 'derivation'. Wonderful.

[@pambrown8697]

Greetings from Queensland, Australia, love this, interesting.

[@blabla-rg7ky]

greetings from Romania. I love this, too and I have nothing in common with the Brits ^_^

[@pambrown8697]

@@blabla-rg7ky that is ok

[@Max09732]

This was amazing, I thought it was going to be good but not that good. I'm going to be slowly watching all the episodes I can find. All of them. 10/10 would actually recommend.

[@shilde]

These are indeed addicting and w most of them being an hour in length, you’ll find a lot of your time being spent on binge watching this channel. 😂 Enjoy.

[@jamiebrooks457]

I so desperately want to do this sort of thing. It's hard work, it's difficult, it's messy, but it's so incredible.

[@Rckstrroma5]

I love the cream on the top milk That’s why I buy Farm fresh milk from like whole foods