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I long ago read in a seemingly credible article, that for various reasons in olden times wooden houses would be burnt down as in the end they were just fairly w
by s5300 5y ago
I long ago read in a seemingly credible article, that for various reasons in olden times wooden houses would be burnt down as in the end they were just fairly worthless & abundant wood, & afterwards their nails would be collected because they were a valuable commodity.
For reasons such as the house being old and decrepit, moving locations & rebuilding, financial reasons, etc.
At the time I wondered if the heat would have an effect on the nails, but I think the answer is mostly no, it wouldn’t.
- Mountain_Skies 5y agoI remember reading the same thing when I was a child though it was only about settlers in North America burning down their homes to get the nails as they continued to push westward. Intentionally or not, it started my young mind thinking about relative values of objects instead of everything being set in a rigid system.