FACT or CRAP? Version 2017 a lil late.....
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Well normally mom wouldn't take responsibility for placing an incorrect guess on anyone's post butt since its the Holiday's I'll do the kind gesture of giving you a free CRAP
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From: SoCal
In 16th-century England, unemployment was endemic among the lower classes. To control the situation, the government issued licenses that officially allowed the ole, insane, and disabled poor to beg, but all other beggars or vagabonds faced public beatings or enslavement.
FACT or CRAP ?
FACT or CRAP ?
FACT
Until 1550, unless you were an old, disabled, or insane licensed beggar, you could be enslaved for two years for begging, and if you tried to escape you were branded and enslaved for the rest of your life.
Beggars can't be choosers!
