Today I Found Out

Why a Bakers Dozen is 13 Instead of 12 (2015x69)

: 10, 2015

→Subscribe for new videos every day! http://bit.ly/todayifo→’s dozen is 13 instead of 12, but most think it has its origins in the fact that many societies throughout history have had extremely strict laws concerning baker’s wares, due to the fact that it is fairly easy for bakers to cheat patrons and sell them less than what they think they are getting. Want the text version? http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2010/09/why-a-bakers-dozen-is-13-instead-of-12/ Resources/Further Reading: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baker's_dozen http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=baker http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/baker's_dozen http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2042/whats-the-origin-of-bakers-dozen http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammurabi http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assize_of_Bread_and_Ale http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worshipful_Company_of_Bakers http://www.replica.co.uk/ Image Credit (Thank you) https://culinarycafe.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/assise-of-bread2.jpg http://www.ngw.nl/heraldrywiki/images/2/27/Lon-bakers.jpg http://reverselogisticstoday.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Bakers-Dozen.jpg