Talk:Livery yard/Archives/2013

Livery stable, in ancient times
There would have been a serious problem in many ancient cities, but no mention in this article. In Rome, you had to allow merchants to bring in carts at night to replenish stock. The herbivores (horses, usually) would have filled the streets with manure. Not sure if their use were curtailed during the day or not. Couldn't use carts during the day - that I know.

In Jerusalem (and other places) you couldn't just traipse your ass/burro or whatever through the streets and expect to put it up at the place you were visiting. There had to be "stables." The New Testament refers to one in Bethlehem, for example. We need more of a history here. In some towns and villages, you had more room, and it was no big deal. Might have been "hay dealers" who would sell, and maybe deliver, feed in bulk. Student7 (talk) 18:35, 28 April 2013 (UTC)


 * Feel free to add to and improve this article, then! :-)  Montanabw (talk) 22:07, 29 April 2013 (UTC)