Post by silverdragon on Jan 6, 2015 13:34:10 GMT
Shamble.
Its the old English for a Butchers block.
Therefore, the historic "Shambles" area of York, is the place in the city where the Butchers used to trade....
Apparently all towns (and cities) used to have an area known as the shambles, where the butchers all worked together, on Market day...
It was a noisy place, full of live animals, slaughtered beasts, waste, and it could look quite a mess.
Thats where the alternative meaning for chaotic mess came from, to be like the working part of a butchers, and it took the name from the block of wood, something like 6ft long and 4ft wide, that each butcher worked on.
Its the old English for a Butchers block.
Therefore, the historic "Shambles" area of York, is the place in the city where the Butchers used to trade....
Apparently all towns (and cities) used to have an area known as the shambles, where the butchers all worked together, on Market day...
It was a noisy place, full of live animals, slaughtered beasts, waste, and it could look quite a mess.
Thats where the alternative meaning for chaotic mess came from, to be like the working part of a butchers, and it took the name from the block of wood, something like 6ft long and 4ft wide, that each butcher worked on.
