Expressions born in the Middle Ages

There are very curious expressions born in the Middle Ages .
Like “ is a different kettle of fish ”And“ tip ".
The first derives from the medieval use of washing only the sleeves of clothes, which when they were dirty were removed and replaced with a clean pair, the second recalls the tradition, according to which, during tournaments, ladies took off a sleeve (from the French manche = sleeve ) and offered it as a good luck charm to their hero.
Later, since the servants received no salary, but only food, lodging and a new dress a year and as their sleeves were the first to wear out, the masters began to give them a “ tip ", So that they could buy spare sleeves.
With the term" shoemaker ", Instead, we refer to the solate stockings or stockings to which a leather sole was applied, once in use among all noble people.
The solate stockings were separate and the two" leggings ”Were tied individually to the doublet .
In Venice they were produced from a specific category of “ caligari ”Called“ solarii ".
The epithet" Horned "Dates back to the time of the Byzantine emperor Andronicus I Comnenus (1118-1185) who, in addition to being a witty politician and great courage in battle, was also famous among his contemporaries as a "collector of lovers".
Well, to make his conquests known to all, he used to exhibit deer heads on the door of the women who had succumbed to his flattery (provided they could not indulge); so from that moment on, the husband of the woman in question was defined by everyone ... .. " cuckold ".
The expression" Born with a shirt " , instead, which indicates a lucky person, it refers to the fact that in the Middle Ages it was thought that a newborn who was born still wrapped in the amniotic sac (shirt), very rare case, would have a happy and lucky life.
To speak then of a very old thing, still today we use the expression " at the time when Berta was spinning “.
Berta she was the wife of Pippin the short and mother of Charlemagne , therefore, characters who lived in the "mists of time".