Can You Figure Out What These Old Time Tradesmen Did for a Living?

Some of these are real stumpers!

Of all the jobs ever created, most of them are now long gone. Specialized professions that used highly-guarded techniques to create tools and equipment are among the scores of old time professions you just won’t see anymore. So the question is then – how well do you know your history? Think you can tell what these historical professions were all about? Take the quiz and find out!

</p> <section> <h2>Do You Know What These Old Time Jobs Were?</h2> <div>Let’s begin!</div> </section> <section> <h2>Do you know what a cooper would have done?</h2> </section> <section> <h3>What did an archil maker do for a living?</h3> </section> <section> <h3>Do you know what a laster did?</h3> </section> <section> <h3>Do you know what a chandler did?</h3> </section> <section> <h3>What did gorzemen do?</h3> </section> <section> <h3>Do you know what dog-whippers did?</h3> </section> <section> <h3>Here’s a really good one- what did fakers do?</h3> </section> <section> <h3>Do you know what a fettler did?</h3> </section> <section> <h2>Vocational Novice</h2> <div>Ok, so you didn’t know that many of these historical trades. But, some of them were really tough to figure out, so don’t feel too bad!</div> </section> <section> <h3>History’s Apprentice</h3> <div>You know a thing or two about historical terms but there’s always room for improvement.</div> </section> <section> <h3>A Pro at Historical Professions!</h3> <div>You got a quite a few of the answers correct which means you really know your history! The old time words can be hard to follow today since we so rarely (if ever) hear them being spoken or even see them in print. Kudos to you!</div> </section> <p>

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