To keep the kids from getting out?

Larry2

On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 9:41 PM, Cuyler Page <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

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> Is there an East Coast or Scottish historic tradition for door latches
> installed at the height of my nose?
>
> I recently visited a historic house here in BC, re-built by a
> Scottish Gentleman in 1924 after his 1904 pioneer ranch house burned.   All
> the interior door latches are at nose-height.   The tour guide said it was
> a tradition from the era of candles and oil lamps whereby women with long
> hair, when moving through the house with a candle or lamp, would not set
> their hair on fire so often if the door latches were up high, a high latch
> forcing them to hold the candle high when reaching for the latch.
>
> Fact or Fiction?    Myth of Mysterium?
>
> People were shorter then, and according to records and historic photos, at
> 5'-8" I would have been a tall one here in 1900.   The house owner, a
> Scottish Laird, was very wealthy, and had an architect do the plans.
> Everything was well proportioned and well finished but with simple
> detailing.   The architect even designed the estate's dairy barn, making it
> round for super efficiency.   Was it just an architect's "trip" or a
> tradition from elsewhere?
>
> cp in bc
> (current nose at 58")
>
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