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I think the explaination given for the bakers dozen is wrong- I was always told that in ancient times that bread was sold by weight, and the punishment for being underweight was severe- your hand was chopped off. So bakers always used to give 13 for the price of 12 to be certain of not being underweight. A search on google supplies some people who support my theory. |
I think the explaination given for the bakers dozen is wrong- I was always told that in ancient times that bread was sold by weight, and the punishment for being underweight was severe- your hand was chopped off. So bakers always used to give 13 for the price of 12 to be certain of not being underweight. A search on google supplies some people who support my theory. |
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I imagine that the true, concrete origin is impossible to verify, but information like what you just said is exactly the kind of stuff that should be in an encyclopedia entry. Maybe make some additions to the page saying 'the origin may also be'? |
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I think the explaination given for the bakers dozen is wrong- I was always told that in ancient times that bread was sold by weight, and the punishment for being underweight was severe- your hand was chopped off. So bakers always used to give 13 for the price of 12 to be certain of not being underweight. A search on google supplies some people who support my theory.
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I imagine that the true, concrete origin is impossible to verify, but information like what you just said is exactly the kind of stuff that should be in an encyclopedia entry. Maybe make some additions to the page saying 'the origin may also be'?