Monthly Archives: February 2019
HISTORY SHARE: ORIGINS OF THE LION / LAMB PROVERB
Farewell February, Welcome March – however you decide to come in, to northern hemisphere dwellers, you herald SPRING! http://kikn.com/where-did-the-phrase-in-like-a-lamb-out-like-a-lion-come-from/ https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2015/03/02/folk-wisdom/
TRIVIA TRAIL: VIKING UNDERWEAR
Question: Did Vikings wear underwear? Answer: Apparently, yes. Linen ones. https://thornews.com/2017/10/23/research-wealthy-vikings-did-wear-blue-linen-underwear/
HISTORY TIDBIT: THE HOUSE OF STEWART / STUART
My paternal grandmother was a Stewart. Whether the family lineage includes the royal Stewarts, I couldn’t say, but the first of them, Robert II, also known as Robert the Steward, became King of the Scots on February 22nd, 1371. His maternal grandfather was Robert the Bruce (Robert I), the guy in the cave taking inspiration […]
HISTORY SHARE: LOG CABIN PRESIDENTS
Though the sixteenth president of the United states is the one most renowned for being born in a log cabin, the seventh, eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth, fourteenth, fifteenth, eighteenth, and twentieth all were, too. https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/which-us-presidents-lived-in-a-log-cabin.html
HISTORY SHARE: HISTORIC HORRIBLE WEATHER
It’s become a bit nippy here, but things could be worse! http://www.history.com/news/history-lists/major-blizzards-in-u-s-history
Time Travelling With Kids 