In the days before alarm clocks, people hired others to wake them up in the morning. The “Human Alarm Clocks” or “Knocker Uppers” would often use long poles to tap on the windows of their employers or even shoot peas at the glass of their windows. (1800s) [640x798] | Poal: Say what you want.

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In the days before alarm clocks, people hired others to wake them up in the morning. The “Human Alarm Clocks” or “Knocker Uppers” would often use long poles to tap on the windows of their employers or even shoot peas at the glass of their windows. (1800s) [640x798] (pic8.co)

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Who wakes up the waker-uppers?

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