Time has been on peoples minds since the beginning ot time. God created "time" when He created day and night. There have been some super ideas for measuring time over the years, and a lot of words and phrases have been coined that refer to time. How about these: in a minute, just give me a little time, be back in a minute, have it done in a flash, just in time, time out, time to go..........just to name a few.
Some of the best time keepers in plantation days were the mantle clocks. In most cases they were treasured pieces of furniture that was usually displayed on the fireplace mantel. They usually had a swinging pendulum (some did not) and would usually chime on the hour. Some of them would chime on the quarter hour, and count the number of hours with a "bongging" sound. The number of bongs told people in the room(s what time it was. At night, people in bed could hear the bongging sound and know when to take medicine, when to get up, etc.
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