Monday, October 10, 2016

N to Z occupations:

Nedeller: made needles
Pawnbroker: loaned money with interest against items left for security
Potter: made and sold pottery
Poulter: dealt in poultry
Salter: made and sold salt
Sawyer: cut boards
Scribe, scrivener: clerk
Shingler: roof tiler
Slater: slated roofs
Soapboiler: made soap
Thatcher: covered roofs with straw or reeds
Timekeeper: responsible for making sure things stayed on schedules [stagecoaches, trains, etc.]
Victualler: grocer

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