Time and Clocks

Did you know that the clock is one of the oldest human inventions? It is an instrument to  co ordinate time. Without a clock or a watch where would be be? We need to know the time to keep our doctor's appointment, to tell us to get up to send our spouses to work and our children to school. None of the first clocks from the 13th century Europe survived but there were mentions about them in church records.

In 1336 Richard of Wallingford made a clock .

Wallingford's clock had a large astrolabe-type dial, showing the sun, the moon's age, phase, and node, a star map, and possibly the planets. In addition, it had a wheel of fortune and an indicator of the state of the tide atLondon Bridge .. Bells rang every hour, the number of strokes indicating the time. The Salisbury Cathedral Clock that was built in 1386 is said to be the world's oldest mechanical clock surviving.

Clocks have been popular for ages, from wall clocks to alarm clocks, to pocket watches and watches. We need a clock or a watch to remind us to take our medications, to be at the bus stop for our children. Clocks comes in many styles, colors and shapes. There are clocks for the kitchen, clocks for the living room and even a grandfather clock for the hallway. But having a different clock than your neighbor, is something to think about. I have a cow clock and when my friends stop by they notice it. So that makes me feel good. An engineer needs to know what time to arrive at his destination. Time is universal, everybody needs to know the time. So I have created some clocks that I will share with you, and I intend on making more of them, so you can find them at two places, first is in my clock folder at http://www.zazzle.com/allicor*  and in my wall clock folder at http://www.zazzle.com/boot_eek*  , Enjoy and  thanks for the visit I do hope you will share my stores with your friends and family. Chow for now. Aline.

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Dads,Fathers,Pop,Papa

Dads,Fathers,Pop,Poppa,Papa are all one of the same, and often they are taken for granted. They are usually the bread winners in the family. They get up early in the morning, a quick good morning and goodbye is said and off they go to work ,eight hours a day mostly, seven days a week. Why? For their families usually. Father's love their children, and their wives and want what is best for them. Now I am speaking about the majority of fathers. They are proud of their children and want the best for them. My Mom told me stories about her father. He worked many jobs , travelled to different places to work, but when he was home, he enjoyed his children, he would take them out on their flooded meadow skating in the winter times, and he helped them with their homework in the evenings, and Mom remembers sitting on the stairs with her siblings, listening to him, quote from his favorite poet Robbie Burns poetry book.  Father's are there if we need a shoulder to cry on, if we need advice, if we need the car (grin). Many of our Father's have passed away  so we should always remember them. Appreciate your Dad if you still have him, show him you love him, tell him you do, a little hug now and then wouldn't hurt either because you are very lucky to have them with you. I wish I could tell my Dad I love you today and I know my son would just love to be able to tell his Dad too. In my heart I hope my Dad and my Gerry hears me. I love you both.

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY TO ALL THE DAD'S OUT THERE.

Ok here are some  of my latest products, now that school is over, I decided to create a few things, grin, better late than never and it is never to early to shop for next fall. You can find all the following in my school folder at http://www.zazzle.com/allicor*   enjoy;

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Jewellery

Have you ever wondered who first wore jewellery? Or why? Well according to wikipedia, the first signs of jewellery came from Africa, they wore bead made with shells. Other people had jewellery made from animal bones.

Around 3000 to 5000 years ago the Egyptians made their jewellery out of gold. Most of these Egyptians were rich, and they even buried with their jewellery nearby. They also made jewellery from gems and coloured glass.

In 1600 Greece started making jewellery from gold and gems, and they used pearls ,emeralds and amethysts. The Grecians only wore jewellery for special occasions, given as gifts or worn by women to show they were rich, or beautiful.

Jewellery has been dug up from years ago, pirates fought for gold and jewellery. So as you can see it has been around for a long time, Rings, brooches, pendants ,bracelets ,etc.

A wedding ring is significant to show love for one another, a ring can be given as a friendship or engagement ring, a necklace is given to a sweetheart, to a family member, or to wear and follow the trends and styles of today.

I remember the cameo was very popular, everyone had to have one. And how many of you remember the charm bracelets, we all had to have one, I had one which I have given to my granddaughter. Some were silver plated, some were stainless steel. Now they have ankle bracelets, earrings, nose rings, that is all jewellery. Remember the hat pins our grandparent wore? Some of these were pretty fancy, would they have been regarded as jewellery? So now jewellery can be give as a token of love or friendship, it is never too early to shop, I even plan on starting my Christmas shopping soon ,even tho we are six months away from it. So here are a few of my jewellery which you can find in my jewellery and Christmas folders at

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The Paupers of New Brunswick

The province of New Brunswick ‘s first Poor Law which the Loyalists enacted in 1786, owed its origins to the English Poor Law of 1601, and to the way that law had been interpreted in the New England colonies. Three overseers of the poor were appointed in each New Brunswick parish. Their job was to assess the numbers and state of the poor , and to collect annual taxes to pay for the pauper’s maintenance. In most areas almshouses (poor houses) were to be built to house the poor. If this was not possible, the overseers could make arrangements with local people to house, feed, and clothe paupers for a yearly sum to be paid by the parish. This scheme gradually evolved into a contract system, whereby those who received paupers were able to use them in any way they saw fit. Although the overseers were suppose to control the placement and welfare of the poor, they rarely did this. A contractor was intent on getting as much work out of his charge as he could, with as little expense as possible. If a pauper died while under his care, the contractor was not required to refund any of the fee already paid him, or to pay burial expenses. This form of social welfare which lasted until at least 1928 seems bad enough. But far worse were the public auctions of the poor, a system used in parishes where the contract arrangement was considered unwieldy and too expensive. In Sussex the auction advertised was held on the last day of the year. Here is what was advertised in the 1884 Saint John Daily Sun;

The Board ,Lodging and Clothing of Bernard McCann, Hannah Boles, Martin Condon and John McLaughlin, Paupers, will be let to the lowest approved bidder for a period of time on Wednesday the 31^st December instant at the Railway Station at 2 o’clock P.M. The overseers rounded up the four paupers from their owners homes and brought them to the train station. Here shivering in their thin garments and clutching their few possessions, they climbed up onto the station platform. One by one their fate was decided. What was their value? The services of Hannah Boles went for $72.00, and no one wanted Martin Condon who had long been a parish charge. Though opposition to the sales of the paupers increases ,the practice did not stop until the overseers of the poor realized that it was an expensive way to care for the destitute. In Northumberland County a pauper in the almshouse cost 49cents a week less than the usual rate at an auction. In 1899 he Kings County poorhouse finally opened in Norton and the last pauper auction had been held in the town of Sussex. The following is a bill submitted by a contractor Alexander Hawks for expenses relating to the illness and death of his charge ,Paul Doherty:

The Overseers of the Poor of the Parish of Hopewell in the County of Albert in the Province of New Brunswick: To Alexander Hawks 1903: Dec.14 Board and Attendance on Paul Doherty for 14 weeks and 3 days at $5. A week =$50.50, Money paid B.A Marvin M.D. for Medical Attendance=$4.13, To Amount paid at Hillsboro Drug Store=$4. Money paid for 1 package =$1. , For 2 box pills = 50 cents, 2 bottles liniment =50cents, Coffin on the death of Paul Doherty Dec 1903=$12.00, Money paid for gravedigger=$1. , Money paid to dig the grave =$2.00, Money for going to Albert to get the coffin=$1., a bottle of wine during his lifetime= $1., 2 days with team and man going to New Ireland to attend funeral and take the corpse for Burial $1.50 a day = $3., total $106.26. Notice the time and labour involved, sure is different today. It is hard to imagine that this went on in the olden days, I found this information in a book titled The Bitter with the Sweet. New Brunswick 1604-1984. Very interesting reading. I do hope you enjoyed this article, now for some more products I want to share, you can find them at

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