Originally Posted by quilter68
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I figure that before there were rulers and such; people had to use some sort of measure. For me it is what is handy therefore my fingers.
FYI:A foot literally was the length of some king's foot, forgot which one. A yard was literally from the tip of his nose down his outstretched arm clear to the tips of his fingers. (My mother would estimate the yardage of her stash that way, surprisingly acurate). An inch was the length of 3 barley corns. An acre was the area a man with a walking plow could plow in a day.
Today a dollar bill is 6 inches long.