April 5- Old occupations that start with D
Searching through my family tree surnames, for this letter, I found that I don't have any that start with D. First names, ditto. Place names, ditto and I didn't want to do dog, sooooo... Old occupations that start with D. This could be fun. Using my copy of ' A Dictionary of Old Trades, Titles and Occupations,' by Colin Waters, I delved into the letter D. Daunsel , interesting but what is it. A male servant of a gentleman. This one sounds fun! A Deplumer , feather worker who stripped of feathers or plucked the feathers. That would tickle your nose. Diker and Discifer catch my attention. Dike r is a ditch or trench digger . Discifer is a steward. This one would have been interesting to watch, a dodderer . Well it was a person employed to lop off the horns of farm animals. This one really got my attention, dragons blood dealer. No, they didn't sell dragons blood but was a dealer in resin and gums. These were just some of the interesting ones I ...