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Free shipping question is "in the early 14th century, a formula was developed to measure shoe sizes. Tell us the year, what measuring device was used & how many of these equaled his shoe size to earn free ground shipping."
unverified answer according to this web site -- http://www.shoeme.com/history.htm
Edward II originated shoe sizes in 1324. He decreed that 3 barley corns, placed end to end, equaled one inch. 36 barleycorns, end to end, were the actual length of his own foot. Each barleycorn was one third on an inch, which added up to 12 inches or one "foot." The longest normal foot measured 39 barleycorns, or 13 inches, and was called size 13. Smaller sizes were graded down from this number, each by a third of an inch.
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