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corpus bones!

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The information below comes from England in the 1200s. Gallows were not usually in the centre of a town. They were often erected beyond town walls or on the outskirts of villages & manors. People didn’t want to see a person being killed nor did they want to see a dead body hanging from the gallows.

A sketch of a man hanging from the gallows drawn next to a case in a thirteenth-century criminal court record. The record and sketch are written in brownish-black ink. The writing is in abbreviated Latin. Reference: TNA, JUST 1/1028, m. 4
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“Why are you pouring water over your head?” asked Frog. “I hope that if I pour water over my head, it will help me to think of a story,” said Toad.