During the early to late Middle Ages the general population well, mainly the breadwinner, enjoyed only one holiday each year, invariably a pilgrimage spent visiting a religious shrine. At the numerous pilgrim way service stations or inns catering for the travellers, drinks were served on trays of either wood or metal which were often stolen as souvenirs of the journey, hence the term, gone astray, the owners would thus feel betrayed and hired blonde, ample-breasted, tartan mini-skirted, stocking clad serving wenches in white blouses carrying nine tankards in each hand to serve tables.
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