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Wealthy families could afford a ‘whipping boy’. If a rich child was naughty, their whipping boy would get punished instead of them!
Oxford and Cambridge were the only universities in Tudor England. Some boys went to universitywhen they were fourteen!
Henry VIII liked playing tennis. The game was played indoors and rackets were made of wood and strung with sheep gut. Leather tennis balls were filled with hair.
Football was played in Tudor times. There were no set numbers of players in each team and the goal posts were a mile apart. It was very violent!
On average, Tudor people only lived until they were about 35 years old!
Tudor toilets were often a piece of wood over a bowl or a hole in the ground. People would wipe their bottoms with leaves or moss. Rich people used lamb’s wool.