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Everyone know what a threshold is? Did you ever wonder how it got its name? Almost everyone but the wealthy had dirt floors. Hence the phrase, dirt poor. The wealthy had slate floors which would get slippery in the winter when wet, they added thresh (straw) on the floor to get their footing. As the winter wore on they added more thresh until, you opened the door and the thresh would all start slipping outside. A piece of wood was place in the entrance way. Hence: a thresh hold.
Posted on: Sat, 12 Jul 2014 16:07:08 +0000

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