Monthly Archives: July 2019
PHRASE ORIGIN: DOG DAYS OF SUMMER
Late July and early August are usually hot (leastways, in the northern hemisphere), and sometimes referred to as the dog days of summer. To find out why, visit: https://www.farmersalmanac.com/why-are-they-called-dog-days-of-summer-21705
HISTORIC PHOTOS: PONY PICTURES
From the beginning of the twentieth century, right up into the 1950’s & 60’s (heyday of the TV western), many little American boys and girls had their pictures taken astride a pony brought to their home by a travelling photographer. Some plonked them onto donkeys or into little carts pulled by goats, but ponies were […]
TRIVIA TRAIL: CATTLE DRIVES
Question: Back in the days of real cowboys, who earned the most money on a cattle drive? Answer: The cooks, who made 30-40% more than the guys riding herd. Ranchers figured well-fed drovers did a better job. The Chuck Wagon – The Real Queen of the Cattle Trail
HISTORIC TRADITION: THE TOOTH FAIRY
The loss of a kid’s first tooth is an historic occurrence, and the loss of both it, and subsequent ones, lucrative. https://kidshealthyteeth.com/weird-history-the-tooth-fairy/ So, to help keep the believers believing… http://www.toothfairyletter.net/
TRIVIA TRAIL: SHORT-TERM SOVEREIGNS
Question: Which monarch holds the record for the shortest reign in history? Answer: It’s a draw. France’s Louis XIX, was obviously aware that, by July of 1830, the country’s populace just wasn’t all that into royalty anymore and abdicated within twenty minutes of ascending the throne. The other shortest reign claimant, Portugal’s Dom Carlos I […]
HISTORIC 50th ANNIVERSARY: PRINCE CHARLES’S INVESTITURE
The motto of England Prince of Wales is “Ich Dien” (“I Serve”). And the current one, Prince Charles has served the longest of all. https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/a26576659/prince-charles-prince-wales-investiture-1969-true-story/
Time Travelling With Kids 