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Unmasking Some of History’s Worst Jobs
CAREERS YOU’LL BE GLAD ARE EXTINCT
CHILDBED LINEN WAREHOUSE KEEPERS According to an 1842 book of trades, a job involved supplying, collecting, and cleaning bed linens specifically used for birth. HONEY DIPPERS,
Many past careers weren’t glamorous, and some are the worst professions in history. Let’s look at four foul jobs that no longer exist (and we couldn’t be more thrilled about it). PURPLE DYE MAKERS Back in ancient times, the hue of the royals
TOSHERS, AND PUREFINDERS
was made by crushing thousands of snails, extracting their glands, and then heating the material being
Honey dippers collected waste from homes, toshers scavenged sewers for valuable items to sell, and purefinders collected dog poop (to be used in the process of tanning leathers). An interesting question to
dyed in a pot full of brine for 10 days in an incredibly
odorous process! DRIPPING MEN
A dripping man back in Victorian England would go to homes and businesses to collect their fat drippings to sell to the public.
ponder: Which jobs of our era will be considered weird history in the future?
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