Two questions

[ewx]

1) What is the best thing since sliced bread (which apparently dates back to 1928)?

2) What was the best thing before sliced bread?

Comments

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so onerous that mediaeval peasants would tolerate the landowner's monopoly position as owner of the mill

Hmmm, I thought - and the source bellinghman cites - that this was tolerated not because hand-milling was onerous, but because it was forbidden, and mediaeval peasants would gladly hand-mill if they thought they could get away with it.