10/6 or ten shillings and sixpence.
OCD, Narcissism, Cleanliness fetish
It's not a fraction, it's a price in old, predecimalised English currency. The 10/6 stands for 10 shillings and six pence.
The Dormouse is a character in "A Mad Tea Party".
The Mad Hatter. :)
In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries hat makers were known as 'hatters'. At that time it mercury was used in the hat making process, but mercury is very toxic and can cause illness which makes the sufferer appear crazy or 'mad'. So many hatters had mercury poisoning that the terms 'as mad as a hatter' and 'mad hatters' entered into common parlance.
They didn't go mad. Beaver hats are still made and there are no mad hatters
They didn't go mad. Beaver hats are still made and there are no mad hatters
10/6 or ten shillings and sixpence.
The Mad Hatters was created in 1935.
Mad Hatters - 1920 was released on: USA: 24 October 1920
Yes
The old hat making process involved intensive use of the element mercury (called quicksilver back in the day). Mercury fumes are incredibly toxic, and can cause severe neurological damage. The phrase mad as a hatter comes from how many hatters (hat makers) would die or go crazy at a young age due to mercury exposure from their work.
mercury
No , she wasn’t
OCD, Narcissism, Cleanliness fetish
It's not a fraction, it's a price in old, predecimalised English currency. The 10/6 stands for 10 shillings and six pence.