• Syldon@feddit.ukEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I didn’t need to google. I had heard of the origins before. They are mentioned in article as cash for servants in the middle ages. AKA vails.

    First google post I found here. I know there are records of this being used in the 1600’s. A little before the civil war.

    • Piemanding
      1·
      1 year ago

      Well that is a whole 100 years before the US was founded.