Rare Take Freely and Thankfully Wooden Bread BoardRare Take Freely and Thankfully Wooden Bread Board This breadboard is carved with a phrase I have not yet come across on a bread board: "Take Freely and Thankfully." A great collectors piece. Not quite perfectly round, approximately 10. 5 11 in diameter Thanks to the Corn Laws, in effect from 1815 1846, bread became a luxury item due to its high cost; in response, the growing middle class utilized ornate breadboards to display their wealth through the