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Welcome to Te Puke Intermediate Library


Opening hours are 8.30am to 3.00pm (closed for interval)

Staff:  
Norma Brown (LRU) 
Carol Neketai (Teacher Resources)

Te Papa Museum - http://www.tepapa.govt.nz
Waitangi Day- http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/politics/waitangiday-introduction
A great E resource -http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/teachers/default.stm

Who said History is Boring?

Read these truths from England during the 1500's

Most people got married in June because they took their yearly bath in May, and they still smelt pretty good by June. However, since they were starting to smell....brides carried a bouquet of flowers to hide the body odour.  Hence the custom today of carrying a bouquet when getting married.

Baths consisted of a big tub filled with hot water.  The man of the house had the privilege of the nice clean water, then all the other sons and men, then the women and finally the little children.  Last of all the babies. By then the water was so dirty you could actually lose someone in it.  hence the saying, "Don't throw the baby out with the bath water!"

Houses had thatched roofs - thick straw piled high, with no wood underneath.  it was the only place for animals to get warm, so all the cats and other small animals (mice, bugs) lived in the roof.  When it rained it became slippery and sometimes the animals would slip and fall off the roof.  Hence the saying "It's raining cats and dogs"

There was nothing to stop things from falling into the house.  This posed a real problem in the bedroom where bugs and other droppings could mess up your nice clean bed.  Hence, a bed with big posts and a sheet hung over the top afforded some protection.  That's how canopy beds came into existence.
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