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MANURE

Added on: 2nd Jun 2016

 

MANURE... AN INTERESTING FACT....

 

MANURE :

 

IN THE 16TH AND 17TH CENTURIES,

EVERYTHING HAD TO BE TRANSPORTED BY SHIP

AND IT WAS ALSO BEFORE THE INVENTION OF

COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS, SO LARGE

SHIPMENTS OF MANURE WERE QUITE COMMON.

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IT WAS SHIPPED DRY, BECAUSE IN DRY FORM

IT WEIGHED A LOT LESS THAN WHEN WET,

BUT ONCE WATER (AT SEA) HIT IT, NOT ONLY

DID IT BECOME HEAVIER, BUT THE PROCESS

OF FERMENTATION BEGAN AGAIN, OF WHICH

A BY PRODUCT IS METHANE GAS OF COURSE.


AS THE STUFF WAS STORED BELOW DECKS

IN BUNDLES YOU CAN SEE WHAT COULD

(AND DID) HAPPEN. METHANE BEGAN TO

BUILD UP BELOW DECKS AND THE FIRST TIME

SOMEONE CAME BELOW AT NIGHT

WITH A LANTERN, BOOM!

 

SEVERAL SHIPS WERE DESTROYED IN

THIS MANNER BEFORE IT WAS

DETERMINED JUST WHAT WAS HAPPENING.

 AFTER THAT, THE BUNDLES OF MANURE

WERE ALWAYS STAMPED WITH THE INSTRUCTION

'STOW HIGH IN TRANSIT' ON THEM,

WHICH MEANT FOR THE SAILORS TO STOW IT

HIGH ENOUGH OFF THE LOWER DECKS SO

THAT ANY WATER THAT CAME INTO THE

HOLD WOULD NOT TOUCH THIS VOLATILE CARGO

AND START THE PRODUCTION OF METHANE. 

 

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THUS EVOLVED THE TERM ' S.H.I.T ',

(STOW HIGH IN TRANSIT)

WHICH HAS COME DOWN THROUGH THE

CENTURIES AND IS IN USE TO THIS VERY DAY.

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YOU PROBABLY DID NOT KNOW THE TRUE HISTORY

OF THIS WORD.  NEITHER DID I. 

I HAD ALWAYS THOUGHT IT WAS A GOLF TERM.

 


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