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Saturday, 2 March 2013
Bag facts!
British women spend on average £4000 on bags in their life.
On average U.K women have 17 bags at any one time.
3 Pounds is the weight of the average woman’s handbag.
The world’s most expensive handbag is 2.5 million pounds.
Bag in the 1800 only men carried bags.
The word luggage comes from the verb “lug” which means to drag.
Shakespeare was one of the first to cite the word “luggage” in his masterpiece Henry IV.
The first documented use of handbags comes from 14
th
century hieroglyphics.
The word “handbags” was first used in the early 1900’s to describe men’s briefcases.
The average student carries a book bag weighting 25% of their body weight. The recommended weight is no more than 15%.
The Bible specifically identifies Judas Iscariot as a purse carrier.
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