The Age of Castles

     Welcome to the Age of Castles.  I will tell you about stone castles.  Castles weren't just for palaces. They were also homes.  It took about twenty years to build a castle.  In the Great Hall they had a jester and an entertainer.  The jester would juggle balls.   The entertainer had a glove made out of leather and there would be an eagle on it.  He would toss the eagle into the air. It would fly away and then come back.   The jester and the entertainer would both entertain the king.  Did you know that you spit in the Great Hall?  Since people could spit, servants would put dead flowers and dead leaves to take away the smell.   They also did this because people during this time would bathe only once a year so they were very smelly.  Another fact is that servants would lift the cover off a plate and a live peacock would come out.  They would then kill the peacock and eat it.  This is simply an introduction to the world of castles. More information will come shortly.