Monthly Archives: March 2018
TRIVIA TRAIL: CANADA’S FIRST ENGLISH BABY
Question: Where was the first English child born in Canada born? Answer: Cuper’s Cove, Newfoundland, though the settlement was known by some other, similar sounding names as well, until the town finally settled on Cupids. The new arrival was the son of colonist, Nicholas Guy, and made his appearance on March 27th, 1613.
HISTORY SHARE: THE PUSSY WILLOW LEGEND
I’ve always liked pussy willows, possibly because they are among the few plants I am not allergic to. There are several versions of how pussy willows came to be called ‘pussy willows’. Show them to your kids and ask which one they like best. http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=bingham&book=fairyland&story=pussy&PHPSESSID=fd944fe076ee57b70fc1b76e1a187dab https://newspapers.bc.edu/?a=d&d=BOSTONSH18960411-01.2.39 https://northernwoodlands.org/outside_story/article/beyond-the-pussy-willow http://keythoughts.weebly.com/home/legend-of-the-pussy-willow
TRIVIA TRAIL: HISTORIC RETURN
Question: What special event which occurs on, or around St. Joseph’s Day (March 19th), have the people of San Juan Mission in Capistrano, California been celebrating for centuries? Answer: The return of the cliff swallows who nest there during the summer. And on or around the feast day of San Juan of Capistrano (October 23rd), […]
HISTORY SHARE: IRISH ORPHANS IN CANADA & THE REAL IRISH IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCE
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! For some Irish immigrants heading for North America back in the days of famine, the Luck o’ the Irish held true. For others, not so much. http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/irish-famine-orphans-in-canada/ http://www.commondreams.org/views/2017/03/17/real-irish-american-story-not-taught-schools
DON’T FORGET THE ‘STORY’
March’s history based or bygone era book suggestions. Ages 3-7 Ox-Cart Man by Donald Hall (19th Century U.S.A.) Pink & Say by Patricia Polacco (American Civil War) Two Hundred Rabbits by Lonzo Anderson & Adrienne Adams (Medieval) Ages 7-9 Canadian Flyer Adventures # 12: On The Case by Frieda Wishinsky (16th Century) Ike & […]
HISTORY TIDBIT: DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME
Depending on where you live, clocks may, or may not, have changed in the early hours of this morning. The first country to put Daylight Savings Time (DST) into consistent practice was Germany, at 11 p.m. on April 30th, 1916. Though ideas for changing times back & forth in order to make the most of […]
TRIVIA TRAIL: IRISH RECIPIENT OF RIGHTEOUS AMONG NATIONS AWARD
Question: What was the name of the only Irish person to receive the Righteous Among Nations award for rescuing people from the Holocaust? Answer: Mary Elmes, born in the city of Cork on May 5th, 1908. http://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/features/meet-mary-elmes-the-irish-woman-who-saved-children-from-the-horror-of-wwii-concentration-camps-421417.html http://www.yadvashem.org/righteous/about-the-program/honoring-the-righteous.html
HISTORIC MOVIE IDEAS FOR MARCH
March’s history based or bygone era TV and/or movie suggestions: Ladyhawke (1985) (Medieval) The Lion Of Judah (Animated, 2011) (Passover / Easter) The Magnificent Rebel (Disney, 1962) (Beethoven)
Time Travelling With Kids 