The last Full Moon of the winter season inMarchis theWorm Moonbecause of the earthworms that come out when the soil warms up. Native American tribes called it the Crow Moon for the crows coming back, Snow Crust Moon, and Sap and Sugar Moon for when the maple sap runs. The Anglo-Saxon...
This name has Greek roots and has many regal forbearers: Catherine the Great, Katherine of Aragon, Catherine de' Medici, and more. It's unclear what spiked this specific spelling of Katherine's popularity in 2000—Katharine Hepburn spelled her name a bit differently and Katherine Heigl wouldn'...
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If Free-Range Chicken Sells out, Cry Guinea Fowl ; as Demand for 'Happy Chickens' Outstrips Supply, It's Worth Plumping for This Tasty Bird AS THE pressure applied by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's pro- chicken television series begins to bite (supermarkets report that sales of intensively pro...
For example, in Roman times, Tuesday was called dies Martis, for the god Mars. The French and Spanish words for Tuesday reflect that: “mardi” and “martes,” respectively. Same with Wednesday. The Romans named the day after Mercury. The French word for the day is “mercredi,” and the...
Manhood for Amateurs As a son, a husband, and above all as a father of four young children, Chabon's memories of childhood, of his parents' marriage and divorce, of moments of painful adolescent comedy and giddy encounters with the popular art and ......
Somepopular names for boystoday, such as Number One Liam, don't yet make it onto the list of the century's most common male names. Over time, older names such as Gary and Eugene will pass away, to be replaced by names such as Aiden and Jackson given to so many baby boys today. ...
Save this PDF to your phone or share with loved ones - Hope in the Waiting: A 15 Day Prayer Guide for Trusting God 2. Yahweh - “The Lord” Yahweh means “The Lord” – Yahweh is derived from the Hebrew word for “I AM,” it is the proper name of the divine person, coming from...
In those days the only division of times was the month and there were too many days in the month for each of them to have a separate name. But when men began to build cities they wanted to have a special day on which to trade a market day. Sometimes these market days were fixed ...
Searching for truly unique girl names is difficult, but worthwhile. To help, check out this list of names that are beautiful, but unexpected.