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Quirky Trades and Forgotten Crafts
Moderate difficulty suitable for most players
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- 1. Heard in medieval cities, keeper of nocturnal order
- 2. One who cleans soot from chimneys
- 3. One who builds or repairs wooden wheels
- 4. Provided haircuts and minor medical services historically
- 8. One who announces the approach of something
- 11. Portable light source often maintained by odd jobs
- 13. Wandering repairer of pots and pans
- 16. Person who repairs shoes
- 19. Maker of barrels and casks in past centuries
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- 5. Person who ignited street lamps before electricity
- 6. Rendered fat used by a candlemaker
- 7. Person employed to control vermin in towns
- 9. Carrier of goods or luggage at stations or inns
- 10. Worker who dealt with lead pipes in ancient Rome
- 12. Operator of a grain grinding mill
- 14. Cleaned by sweepers to prevent fires
- 15. Craftsman who makes arrows
- 17. Caretaker of horses at inns
- 18. Writer or copyist, often in ancient times
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