Monthly Archives: January 2022
TRIVIA TRAIL: LEWIS CARROLL
Question: What was the real name of Lewis Carroll, author of the children’s classics, Alice In Wonderland and Through The Looking Glass? Answer: Charles Lutwidge Dodgson born January 27th, 1832. https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/the-mystery-of-lewis-carroll?fbclid=IwAR3nOggG0ANDCQ3JqHZjXQr2huyIeW0-mehger4twR2gh4kUb8NgAxJXwPk
HISTORIC FASHION: KILTS
Happy Robbie Burns Day. The above picture, taken in the 1990s, is of some of the Dukes in their Stewart kilts, one of the clans from whom we descend. Others being: Clans Adam (sept of Gordon), Forbes, Kinnear, and Reid (sept of Robertson). Oor laddies were not entirely tartan co-ordinated, however, because, except for my […]
HISTORY LURE: WOMEN WARRIORS
Got a kid who’s into gaming, but not history? Or is also into history, but doubts the authenticity of women warriors? Think again. https://www.ancient-origins.net/history-ancient-traditions/women-warriors-0010795?fbclid=IwAR3nAAErINKbkmctM1zWhDhP_efQnJZaL5IDSTcp2GeKQknAAK2iT2RfBTE
HISTORY SHARE: WEIRD NAME PRONUNCIATIONS
https://www.connectsavannah.com/savannah/why-are-some-english-names-pronounced-so-differently-than-theyre-spelled/Content?oid=6118142 35 City Names Around the World You’re Mispronouncing
TRIVIA TRAIL: POP(ULATION) QUIZ
Question: Which of the world’s cities was the first to have a population of one million? Answer. Rome, which achieved this distinction in 55 B.C. Next to do so was London – but not until 1800 A.D. Today Rome has over four million and London over nine million. https://kids.britannica.com/kids/article/census/390664
Time Travelling With Kids 