What unit of area, named for the Old English word for "Open Field", was originally defined as the area that could be plowed by one man behind one ox in one day?
Yoke (unit of measurement) England. In these "yokes" along the banks of the river Medway crops such as corn would have been cultivated. A "joch" is a traditional unit of area in German speaking countries, especially in Austria. One "joch" is the area of a square 40 "klafters" (about 83 yards) on a side. This comes to 0.5755 hectares or about 1.422 acres. The plural is "Joche". "Joch" is also the word for a yoke in German, so this unit represents an area that could be ploughed in a day by a yoke of oxen. In what is now the Czech Republic this unit
One for the Angels One for the Angels "One for the Angels" is episode two of the American television anthology series "The Twilight Zone". It originally aired on October 9, 1959 on CBS. A big sidewalk pitchman named Lou Bookman makes a living selling toys, notions, and trinkets. All the children in the neighborhood enjoy this gentle, kindly man. One summer day, Mr. Bookman is accosted by Death and told that he is to die of natural causes at midnight. Lou argues that his life's work as a pitchman is not quite complete, and convinces Mr. Death to give him enough time to give