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small beer
weak beer, cheapest drink at the time
pottage
stew with onions, peas, beans
ergotism
the disease they got from infected rye
st anthonys fire
this is what they called ergotism (they wanted St Anthony to save them and it caused a burning sensation)
cesspit
hole where human faeces stored
cathole
shallow pit, faeces and covered back up
luttrel psalter
book with drawings of medieval life
gongfermer
empty the cesspits and take the faeces away from london
muckraker
rakes muck from the streets and takes it away from london
conduit
water source, stream/fountain through town (sometimes also where people disposed of faeces)
richard whittington
mayor of london, donated money for hospitals, drainage, latrines, etc
