Fw: Fw: Scratches, Sauerkraut, & Hints From Heloise

["Claudia Provin" <provincmk@fanninelectric.com>]

Thought you might be interested in this note from England----Claudia

Subject: Re: Fw: Scratches, Sauerkraut, & Hints From Heloise


> When the plague hit London The whole city was quarantined, the country
folk
> would leave food and produce at  the city wall, the city folk would come
out and
> take the produce, they would leave the payment  (all money was in coins)
in a
> bowl of vinegar so as not to spread the disease. At least this was what I
was
> taught in my school history class.