"I wish i were dead"...maybe i can get my old job back with Blackadder? I didn't know when i was well off." Why didn't he ask the wise woman if SHE ate her worm stew?
Thats Sir Tony Robinson.... knighted probably after the Queen saw this episode. He was the infamous Baldric in "Blackadder' and the host of 20 seasons of Time Team. Lots for you to watch...
I truly enjoy your videos. These jobs are what we consider horrible, but I'm sure back then people would have been happy just to be employed. Life must have been pretty rough. Thanks.
Reijer Zaaijer must have really downloaded everything with and from Tony Robinson. Wonder how long it took him? these must be hundreds of different episodesß -chapeau-! even if i had seen it already. but it was such a long time ago. no problem watching it once more...
If they had to kill the eel they should have tried to get a cleaver, it would have been a quicker painless death. If it wasn't historically accurate they could have explained that and shown the knife they would have used at the time.
Tony I really enjoy your shows. I am a yank that lost his cable TV back in June 2018. I been watching RUclips videos on my phone ever since. I came across your shows and am watching everyone. I find the shows very interesting. We have a show similar to yours here called Dirty Jobs. Hosted my Mike Rowe. He gets himself into some nasty situations also. Anyhow thanks for the shows. They are very interesting and informative.
15:28 - Barbers were also surgeons who could administer medicine through the rectum using an enema funnel. 17:07 - Medieval "wise woman" (wicce/wicca/herbalist), sometimes called "witch".
Me neither! And I have to wonder, with the fabric being in that stench, how in the world did they ever manage to get it to un-stink so it would be wearable?
heh after he tries the worm soup, he probably demanded a home made ale.. :D from the quack! when he was in the hamster wheel it reminded me of the old dog wheel in the kicthen of old castles. yeah like a hamster wheel they would use a small dog to turn a wheel that was hooked up to a spit by the fire to turn the meat... poor dogs.. i could not imagine what the long term effects would be on a dog.. my guess they probably ate it after it served its laborer saving duty. humans sure can be cruel. peace.
Occasionally Fullers would use what is called Fullers earth which apparently was a clay like material that could absorb grease from the wool. In actuality, being a fuller is something I wouldn't object to doing and is the one job in this I would actually enjoy doing.
Here's a tip: To help prevent vomiting from the odor, force your face into a big grin. Yes, it works. This is what forensic pathology students do at The Body Farm before they become accustomed to the odor of decaying flesh.
I think another way to avoid vomiting from the odor is to actually soak the cloth in urine ahead of time and simply stick it in the hot water that you are using for the process. That way you are not actually stirring up urine/water. And apparently the odor isn't as bad.
Very sensible! And that would bypass the need to wash out the fuller's earth, which must have been quite a chore. In one of the BBC historical farm series, they show the use of a mill to full the cloth. The water wheel drives a bunch of hammers, which beat the bejesus out of the fibers. It's interesting to see. I'm not sure which series it's in, but they are all quite good--Tudor Farm, Victorian Farm, Tales From The Green Valley, etc. If you are interested, they seem to be available right now, but certain episodes are routinely removed. An easy way to find them is to enter "Ruth Goodman" in the search box. Enjoy!
Blood letting the often scoffed at medical treatment, is facing a bit of a come back in modern medicine. It has been dicovered that blood letting helps in the treatment of infections. Especially chest infections. There have also been positive results with blood letting in the treatment of type 2 diabetes. (I'm not sure about type 1, as the report didn't mention type 1) And there is reason to believe that it may help in the fight of some cancers. And by 'positive results'. I mean tests conducted have shown that blood letting helps with insulin absorption but the trails are still at an early stage. And the cancer trails are at an even earlier stage.
Too bad you couldn't tell us what "report" you got your information from. Something tells me it wasn't a peer-reviewed study. And "reason to believe" is just as lame if you can't cite facts.
Kriste Isopahkala In the 60's me and cousin would go swimming at the fish pond on my grandmothers farm and get them on us.We would take a match and blow it out and apply the hot matchhead to the leech as we had seen in the old movies!
So did it work? We would just cut them off with a knife, but that ofcourse risks infection. You know, we had a relatively sharp knife and a smooth rock, while the thing was slithering on it and we tried to kill it by cutting (we were kids, don't judge), but couldn't cut it even there. It just somehow couldn't be cut. Eeegh, it's giving me shivers right now.
At least those animals' lives are utilised and serve a purpose, rather than for entertainment. And maybe I'd take you seriously if you unstuck your caps lock key lol
@@GrimFelArt Well you should take her seriously, because she makes a valid point. You think that the horrific suffering and misery inflicted on sensitive mammals in the industrial food producing and slaughter process is somehow justified because people like to shove meat down their throats? If so, then you need to examine your own value system, because your previous comments indicate that it deserves no respect.
A few good rinses and a long airing will do it. Really, the stale pee is just a grosser version of household ammonia. I've actually used something worse. A few years ago I tried creating a medieval woad dye vat recipe. Woad was the only source of true blue and true green dyes in the middle ages in Europe. Woad is related to cabbage. It's fermented, dried, and then mixed with stale urine to create an anaerobic chemical reaction. The smell is incredible. Queen Elizabeth I forbade any woad dyeing within 5 miles of any of her palaces. I could only get woad extract so I had to mix it with bran and yeast to get the fermentation going. It might not have been as bad as full fermented woad, but I found out that one's sense of smell can shut down in self-defense. My blue yarn reeked to high heaven but I washed it in soap with lavender and mint and dried it in fresh air and most of the smell went away. A hint of odor lingered for months, then faded completely.
Damn did they have to kill the eel and boil worms alive to portray some medieval quackery? I am ok if its done humanely and for food, but this was unnecessary.
The way he tells the story about the French master mason is rather chilling. Is he insinuating that the accident was planned so that an Englishman could take over? Is there a cathedral historian out there who knows?
I am seriously impressed by his willingness to go along with these things. Bravo. I would not manage as well.
"It's the safest machine we've ever made... but we've only made one." lol
Fantastic series, made even better by the wonderful Mr Robinson
this guy has to be the perfect host for this show, honestly wouldnt be the same with anyone else.
Poor Tony, what a sacrifice he makes for our fun.
How can you not just love Tony Robinson !
"I wish i were dead"...maybe i can get my old job back with Blackadder? I didn't know when i was well off."
Why didn't he ask the wise woman if SHE ate her worm stew?
Well, she did know that it tasted like chicken soup flavoured snot.
Honestly her job looked kind of fun. Imagine all the ridiculous remedies you could invent and then have a laugh about after the client leaves.
Paul M Lol I thought about that, too.
Paul M But if you get to creative you may be charged with witchcraft!!
Yes that would be the downside!
Tony Robinson might be just a little guy, but he's game! No matter how bad the job, Tony will give it a go! Tony's got guts! I'll give him that!
Great! Where was Tony when we needed him in high school history class?
Being a luvvie and a fake man of the people.
@@keithbentley6081 what?
I love the host. He is perfect!
Thats Sir Tony Robinson.... knighted probably after the Queen saw this episode.
He was the infamous Baldric in "Blackadder'
and the host of 20 seasons of Time Team.
Lots for you to watch...
I truly enjoy your videos. These jobs are what we consider horrible, but I'm sure back then people would have been happy just to be employed. Life must have been pretty rough. Thanks.
I was laughing so hard when he reacted to the pee pouring in @45:00
Working at Walmart is looking pretty good....
This made me think of the old SNL episode with Steve Martin as the medieval barber-surgeon. He was hilarious.
lol that last bit seriously looked like some authentic peasantry
"The Wise Woman? The Wise Woman?? Two things, my Lord, must ye know about The Wise Woman. First...she is ...a woman! Second..she is..."
Wise?
That old Frenchman was hilarious!
There was absolutely no need to kill that poor eel!
WRONG! WRONG! WRONG!😤😡😡😡
Reijer Zaaijer must have really downloaded everything with and from Tony Robinson. Wonder how long it took him? these must be hundreds of different episodesß -chapeau-! even if i had seen it already. but it was such a long time ago. no problem watching it once more...
... dont ever ask Tony to make wine ... please
If they had to kill the eel they should have tried to get a cleaver, it would have been a quicker painless death. If it wasn't historically accurate they could have explained that and shown the knife they would have used at the time.
It's an eel, not a kitten.
its still an animal. sorry its not the cutest thing in the world but it still deserves a life
Don't be silly.
No one cares
Szymon Gorczynski torturing small animals is a sign of a psycho. i think you may just be a sick fuck.
I think my parrot would enjoy worm stew. I'm going to try .
i love this show, but no need to kill the eel :c
of course it's going to fight, you're sawing it's damn head off! pretty sure you'd squirm too!
***** srsly.... that was really too cold especially for a light hearted show! :( I was very disappointed in Tony!
Gotta say, if I was expected to cut into something that was still wriggling, I would've chickened out. Ugh.
He might've thought the eel would die instantly. Let's not judge so harshly.
have you ever seen an eel attack or kill anything? trust me, the eel got off easy.
what difference does it make
My god, worm soup!
I'd rather eat worm soup than tread about in urine, stale or otherwise.
Arrgh I thought pulling a leech off can be bad if its mouth or proboscis is left behind. Maybe it depends on the species.
Tony I really enjoy your shows. I am a yank that lost his cable TV back in June 2018. I been watching RUclips videos on my phone ever since. I came across your shows and am watching everyone. I find the shows very interesting. We have a show similar to yours here called Dirty Jobs. Hosted my Mike Rowe. He gets himself into some nasty situations also. Anyhow thanks for the shows. They are very interesting and informative.
Reijer Zaaijer
thank you.
Thanks for sharing this!
15:28 - Barbers were also surgeons who could administer medicine through the rectum using an enema funnel.
17:07 - Medieval "wise woman" (wicce/wicca/herbalist), sometimes called "witch".
Haha i love this guy, i would never have walked near that piss
Me neither! And I have to wonder, with the fabric being in that stench, how in the world did they ever manage to get it to un-stink so it would be wearable?
Listening to him gagging was priceless. Brave man!
Here, here. :)
Wading in piss hilarious Tony!
Thanks...good programme
Anybody remember "Theodoric of York--Medieval Barber"?
Tony goes hard as fuck.
There`s NO deeper clean, than PISSterine! :D
heh after he tries the worm soup, he probably demanded a home made ale.. :D from the quack! when he was in the hamster wheel it reminded me of the old dog wheel in the kicthen of old castles. yeah like a hamster wheel they would use a small dog to turn a wheel that was hooked up to a spit by the fire to turn the meat... poor dogs.. i could not imagine what the long term effects would be on a dog.. my guess they probably ate it after it served its laborer saving duty. humans sure can be cruel. peace.
Don't worry, they used boys for that job. Dogs don't cooperate as well!
Occasionally Fullers would use what is called Fullers earth which apparently was a clay like material that could absorb grease from the wool. In actuality, being a fuller is something I wouldn't object to doing and is the one job in this I would actually enjoy doing.
Here's a tip: To help prevent vomiting from the odor, force your face into a big grin. Yes, it works. This is what forensic pathology students do at The Body Farm before they become accustomed to the odor of decaying flesh.
I think another way to avoid vomiting from the odor is to actually soak the cloth in urine ahead of time and simply stick it in the hot water that you are using for the process. That way you are not actually stirring up urine/water. And apparently the odor isn't as bad.
Very sensible! And that would bypass the need to wash out the fuller's earth, which must have been quite a chore. In one of the BBC historical farm series, they show the use of a mill to full the cloth. The water wheel drives a bunch of hammers, which beat the bejesus out of the fibers. It's interesting to see. I'm not sure which series it's in, but they are all quite good--Tudor Farm, Victorian Farm, Tales From The Green Valley, etc. If you are interested, they seem to be available right now, but certain episodes are routinely removed. An easy way to find them is to enter "Ruth Goodman" in the search box. Enjoy!
Fuller's earth, minus urine and yep, I could do that job too.
Anne-droid Tudor farm series is the one with the fulling mill.
16:45 well he aint wrong
HAVE YOU EVER CONSIDERED BEING A NARRATOR AS BEING THE SECOND WORST JOB IN HISTORY. HAVE FUN GARE
Having seen the whole series, I'd say that's reasonable.
It gets your toenails very clean, LOL Chuck
"leech safari " >>>>
Blood letting the often scoffed at medical treatment, is facing a bit of a come back in modern medicine. It has been dicovered that blood letting helps in the treatment of infections. Especially chest infections. There have also been positive results with blood letting in the treatment of type 2 diabetes. (I'm not sure about type 1, as the report didn't mention type 1)
And there is reason to believe that it may help in the fight of some cancers.
And by 'positive results'. I mean tests conducted have shown that blood letting helps with insulin absorption but the trails are still at an early stage. And the cancer trails are at an even earlier stage.
wufongtan wufong is a convicted sex offender nobody should take him seriously
Too bad you couldn't tell us what "report" you got your information from. Something tells me it wasn't a peer-reviewed study. And "reason to believe" is just as lame if you can't cite facts.
Leaches, yeah. I'm familiar with them. The most disgusting creature that I know.
Kriste Isopahkala In the 60's me and cousin would go swimming at the fish pond on my grandmothers farm and get them on us.We would take a match and blow it out and apply the hot matchhead to the leech as we had seen in the old movies!
So did it work? We would just cut them off with a knife, but that ofcourse risks infection. You know, we had a relatively sharp knife and a smooth rock, while the thing was slithering on it and we tried to kill it by cutting (we were kids, don't judge), but couldn't cut it even there. It just somehow couldn't be cut. Eeegh, it's giving me shivers right now.
@@kilppa we used salt or like you a sharp knife both work well.
@@becgould3772 Yeah, salt would do it for obvious reasons. We just didn't have salt with us when swimming or fishing, for obvious reasons.
@@kilppa good point!
Doctors in the Middle Ages weren't totally wrong about the use of leeches, they are still used in modern medicine today to get blood circulating.
37:29 "MIKAEL YOU FUCK!"
Good to see baldrick is doing well
How is it that the Brits don't drown. It seems that it's always raining. I think I would be mildewing in short order.
What about sweeping the bases of toilets? If that's discussed in another segment, I apologize.
Oho katos. Just noticed that this was recorded from Yle Teema.
suomalaasia tääläki i asume?
Swept into england from europe.... so in which continent is england located?
mainland europe..
i wish i was dead XD HSAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAAH this is tha best mish mash of WTF moment i have erver seen XD
TOO MUCH worm stuff! Uggghhhhhh
These look really fun and hard
Well at least he doesn't have athletic feet
27:58 HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA
Once a king always a king but, once a knight is enough (not sure said my ex)
Killing the eel was unnecessary, just grab one that's already dead, to demonstrate on. That made me really unhappy.
At least those animals' lives are utilised and serve a purpose, rather than for entertainment.
And maybe I'd take you seriously if you unstuck your caps lock key lol
@@GrimFelArt Well you should take her seriously, because she makes a valid point. You think that the horrific suffering and misery inflicted on sensitive mammals in the industrial food producing and slaughter process is somehow justified because people like to shove meat down their throats?
If so, then you need to examine your own value system, because your previous comments indicate that it deserves no respect.
Michael Deane K
We watched this in English at school, btw this isn't my account this is my Mums my account is "Angel Ward"
But how did they get the pee smell out of the clothing?
My question exactly. :)
Somehow I doubt that would've done the trick.
A period in history without sewage systems when livestock slept inside during winter. The truth is, they didn't. And no one noticed.
A few good rinses and a long airing will do it. Really, the stale pee is just a grosser version of household ammonia.
I've actually used something worse. A few years ago I tried creating a medieval woad dye vat recipe. Woad was the only source of true blue and true green dyes in the middle ages in Europe. Woad is related to cabbage. It's fermented, dried, and then mixed with stale urine to create an anaerobic chemical reaction. The smell is incredible. Queen Elizabeth I forbade any woad dyeing within 5 miles of any of her palaces. I could only get woad extract so I had to mix it with bran and yeast to get the fermentation going. It might not have been as bad as full fermented woad, but I found out that one's sense of smell can shut down in self-defense.
My blue yarn reeked to high heaven but I washed it in soap with lavender and mint and dried it in fresh air and most of the smell went away. A hint of odor lingered for months, then faded completely.
A very good question!
Damn did they have to kill the eel and boil worms alive to portray some medieval quackery? I am ok if its done humanely and for food, but this was unnecessary.
Stroggoii okay psycopath. we all know youre fun at parties.
The way he tells the story about the French master mason is rather chilling. Is he insinuating that the accident was planned so that an Englishman could take over? Is there a cathedral historian out there who knows?
The Wise Woman? The Wise Woman?! Two things, my lord, should ye know about The Wise Woman. First, she is...a woman! Second, she is...
Wise?
You do know her then?
36:00 Where?
BEST PART 23:00 AHAHAHAH
how amusing!!!!
whos watching this for school lol
for fun!
sawing through a living thing to kill it was disturbing.
Wait I'm hiv positive?
Poor eel omg ):
eeek. eels freak me out.
Where is Animal Protection??
this isn't the first time I've seen this episode but it's the first time I'm actually realizing it what the f*** is wrong with this guy
Killing animals for a show tho.. whack. Seriously whack. Loved everything else.