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the humble scorekeeper that turned counting into the world's first written math.
means A running count or record of an amount, often kept by making marks as items are added up.
from From the Latin 'talea,' meaning a cutting, rod, or stick — the same word that gives us 'tailor' (one who cuts). It came into English through Anglo-French 'tallie,' naming the wooden 'tally stick' on which debts and counts were recorded with notches. The genius part: a stick could be split lengthwise, each party keeping a matching half, so the notches couldn't be forged — the cut itself was the proof.
- ancient origin
- Tally sticks predate writing by thousands of years
- five gate
- Four lines plus a slash equals five worldwide
- english treasury
- Tally sticks were legal money until 1826
- fiery end
- Burning old tallies torched Britain's Parliament in 1834
- word root
- From Latin talea, meaning a cut twig
tally ho foxhunt — traditional british fox hunt cry dating back to the 18th century, still used in hunts across england
tally stick — notched wooden sticks used by english exchequer to track debts from 1100s until 1826