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Why are there 13 in a bakers dozen?

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Why are there 13 in a bakers dozen?

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Long ago as part of their pay a baker was allowed to take home a dozen of what ever they were baking, and he would take an extra.The practice was so well known that 13 became known as a baker’s dozen.

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I think it was so they could eat one on the way to deliver them. 🙂 In olden days,bakers who were found to have shortchanged customers could be liable to severe punishment. To guard against the punishment of losing a hand to an axe, a baker would give 13 for the price of 12, to be certain of not being known as a cheat.

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