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CHRISTMAS SYMBOL: CHRISTMAS ROBINS

December 7, 2022 · by Renee Duke · in HISTORY HAPPENINGS · Leave a comment

These little birds might not be considered much of a Christmas symbol in North America, but they definitely are in the UK, and make frequent appearances on cards and Christmas cakes. Two children’s Christmas books about robins are The Wise Robin by Noel Barr and Coming Home by Michael Morpurgo.

HISTORY SHARE: EUROPE’S WEREWOLF TRIALS

October 23, 2022 · by Renee Duke · in HISTORY HAPPENINGS · Leave a comment

https://tinyurl.com/5eubhhfv

TRIVIA TRAIL: ST. PATRICK

March 17, 2022 · by Renee Duke · in HISTORY HAPPENINGS · Leave a comment

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Question: What was St. Patrick’s real name? Answer: Maewyn Succat. But Patrick is just so much easier to pronounce.

HISTORY SHARE: WITCHES’ BROOMS

October 23, 2021 · by Renee Duke · in HISTORY HAPPENINGS · Leave a comment

https://www.history.com/news/why-witches-fly-on-brooms

HISTORY SHARE: HALLOWEEN CREATURES

October 21, 2021 · by Renee Duke · in HISTORY HAPPENINGS · Leave a comment

https://tinyurl.com/y2flr3dj

HISTORIC MYTH SHARE: UNICORNS

October 9, 2021 · by Renee Duke · in HISTORY HAPPENINGS · Leave a comment

https://kids.kiddle.co/Unicorn https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1629/the-unicorn-myth/

HISTORY SHARE: JOHNNY APPLESEED

September 26, 2021 · by Renee Duke · in HISTORY HAPPENINGS · Leave a comment

https://kids.kiddle.co/Johnny_Appleseed https://www.npr.org/2011/04/17/135409598/johnny-appleseed-planted-stories-of-myth-adventure And here are a couple of modern-day Johnny Appleseeds: https://www.fooddive.com/news/a-modern-day-johnny-appleseed-the-long-road-to-creating-the-next-apple-var/583537/

LEGENDARY WEAPON: EXCALIBUR

July 30, 2021 · by Renee Duke · in HISTORY HAPPENINGS · Leave a comment

https://kids.kiddle.co/Excalibur http://www.earlybritishkingdoms.com/kids/sword_stone.html

HISTORY MYSTERY: THE PIED PIPER OF HAMELIN

July 26, 2021 · by Renee Duke · in HISTORY HAPPENINGS · Leave a comment

Something did happen to the children of Hamelin in 1284. Exactly what, no one knows. https://www.ancient-origins.net/myths-legends/pied-piper-hamelin-001969 Robert Browning put the story down in a poem – one my mother learned at school and would recite to us. Her favourite lines were: “’Tis clear,” cried they, “our Mayor’s a noddy;And as for our Corporation – shockingTo […]