"PAYING THE FERRY MAN"

Back In The 1800s.................... And Maybe Earlier Also...If You Wanted To Get Across The River.?................Well....This Was The Story...And what You Had To Pay

....."For One Carriage Or Sleigh"

1)"If Either Is Drawn By 4 Horses".....................25 Cents

2)"If Drawn By 2 Horses".................................15 Cents

3)"If Drawn by 1 Horse"..................................10 Cents

4)"For Every Score Of Cattle"............................25 Cents

5)"For Every Score Of Sheep..............................10 Cents

6)"For Every Cart Or Wagon...............................18 Cents

7)"For Every Horse With A Rider".........................6 Cents

8)"For Every Tied Horse".................................6 Cents

9)"For Every Person On Foot".............................3 Cents

10)"For Those That Are Going To Church"................"No Charge"

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........"Ferry..Across The Mersey"..................

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Bet there where some regular church goers on that ferry laugh rolling on the floor laughing laugh
Probably Some Who Went To Church Every Day.rolling on the floor laughing rolling on the floor laughing rolling on the floor laughing ..............detective
@ Nam - wave ... Don't pay the ferryman untill he gets you to the other side..... scold






.... grin cheers
nam
Can I board the ferry if I promise to go to church?...lol...angel laugh wine
Nice Video Hans
But In All Reality
If I was The "Ferry Man" Back Then
There Aint Nobody "Gittin" On

Til I See The Money

And Im Sure Thats how It Was Then

No Money.....No Ridee.................rolling on the floor laughing .....detective
Louie
If youre Gonna Give me The Line That Everyday Youre Going To Church

That Line Will Run Its Course Very Fastrolling on the floor laughing ........detective
Good Song Louie
Thanks
I Dont Think There Are Any other Songs About Ferries
Or Are There?.................detective
nam
Only a guy called Brian Ferry...not a song...I checked...wine
Hi Nam wave

Yeah, my first impression I got when reading your blog is that many moons ago, but money played a big role then and even more so nowadays...today not even going to church is for free any more laugh ... Today most churches are run as a business... yeah, the power of money and the competition to get more in all sectors and all countries ..where will it end one day... Irony of your story...without money you would have been left behind (unless you would have gone to church...)...
Oh yeah, even then there was an economic principle behind the pricing...look at the rate of pricing according to the potential income of what had to be taken across the river... wow Amazing...
Lonely
They Could Always Swim Across..........

Money?....Yep
Capitalism Took Root here In America(Though It Already Existed Elsewhere In The World)With The pilgrims Who Arrived Here

At First All Was fine When Everyone Did Their Share Of The Work
Then Some Started To Slack Of(After All There Was No Incentive To Work Too Hard) So They Implemented In centives For The Work being Done.....And All Of A Sudden There was Production
Beyond What Was being Produced before....And from That Point On

It Was All About The Money...........Still is..........And Always Will Be...............detective
Nam...Valid points you have there...

You think the people could swim those days...wink Only teasing, early morning hours in SA...time for my snooze sleep wave
.............wave ....................detective
A Guy From China Told me About A Chinese Guy Who Had A Bar
One night The Bar Caught fire Big Time
Those That Could Escape ..Did
Some were Passed out On the Floor
And he Told me.."What Did The owner Of The Bar Do?"
"He Grabbed All The Money From The Register And Ran Away leaving Those To Die"

When It Comes To Money...Though Its A Communist Country..(Thats Just A Term) The Chinese Are The Worst When it Comes To "Money".........detective
Nam... I think depend on person not all Chinese..
Amorn
Im Talking In general here
Actually...Everybody Is The same When It Comes to Money
Its

"Keep your hands Out of my Sack Jack"..........detective detective
nam
I would like a refund...wine
Now That Shes On The other Side She Wants A refund!!!

She forgets That She has to get Back!!

I Hope She can Swim!!rolling on the floor laughing rolling on the floor laughing rolling on the floor laughing .........detective
nam
Too funny...laugh wine
......."No Money"..."No Ridee"..............detective
nam
No money no funny...laugh wine
No Money
No Funny...........Thats Right
"Honey"rolling on the floor laughing rolling on the floor laughing rolling on the floor laughing rolling on the floor laughing .........detective
nam
Was that a joke sonny?...laugh wine
A joke Sonny?
It was About The "Money".......rolling on the floor laughing ............detective
nam
Thought is was honey...laugh wine
nam
Here is to my swimming lessons...lol...wine but what if I am going to church?... number ten rule...
In That case Id have let you go Across For Free
And See if there Would be fringe Benefits As We Cross..........................detective
Last Call!!!!!
Going back To The Other Side Shortly!!!

All Aboard!!!

Or Wait Til Tomorrow!!!!............detective
nam
See you back on Mainland...buddies
Dont Forget

To Pay The "Ferry Man"............detective
There is still on hand drawn ferry in our country that I know of. It can take 4 cars at a time. I was exploring some back roads when I discovered it so decided to give it a go just for the fun of it. The price was definitely not in cents so glad I need not use that road on a regular basis.
All church goers money was needed to pay for this....

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700 years old..and you wonder at the work, and the cost...all paid for by the poor and taxes..nothing left for the ferry.

Took these yesterday whist in Milan.
Eckky
The kind Of Ferry You Were speaking of
Is What I was Writing About..............detective
Looks As Though Youll Have To Do Some Swimming Ian.........................detective
Being Near The Bottom Aint Bad At All
Nope...Not bad At All
This Way
There Aint That Far To Fall..............detective
And Now?
The Ferry Man Is Paid
Time To Make The Crossing............detective
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