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Brewer's: Black Letter Day
An unlucky day; one to be recalled with regret. The Romans marked their unlucky days with a piece of black charcoal, and their lucky ones with white chalk. Black-letter dogs. Literary…Brewer's: Peep-o'-Day Boys
The Irish insurgents of 1784; so called because they used to visit the houses of their opponents (called defenders) at peep of day searching for arms or plunder. Source: Dictionary of…Six Days, Seven Nights
Director:Ivan ReitmanWriter:Michael BrowningDirector of Photography:Michael ChapmanEditors:Sheldon Kahn and Wendy Greene BricmontMusic:Randy EdelmanProduction Designer:J. Michael…All About Columbus Day
Columbus, his journeys and legacy, and other explorers and explorations Biographies of Famous Explorers Roald Amundsen Vasco Núnez de Balboa Ibn Batuta Richard Burton John…Brewer's: Dog-whipping Day
October 18th (St. Luke's Day). It is said that a dog once swallowed the consecrated wafer in York Minster on this day. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…Brewer's: Easter-day Sun
It was formerly a common belief that the sun danced on Easter Day. Sir Thomas Browne combats the notion in his Vulgar Errors. But oh, she dances such a way, No sun upon an Easter day Is…Brewer's: Evil May Day
(1517). So called because of the riots made on that day by the London apprentices, who fell on the French residents. The ringleaders, with fifteen others, were hanged; and four hundred…Brewer's: Green Ribbon Day
in Ireland is March 17th, St. Patrick's Day, when the shamrock and green ribbon are worn as the national badge. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Green…Brewer's: Ill May-day
The 1st of May, 1517, when the London apprentices rose up against the resident foreigners, and did great mischief. More commonly known as Evil May-day (q.v.). Source: Dictionary of…The Origins of Valentine's Day Quiz
Valentine's Day is now associated with candy, flowers, and love letters. But it wasn't always — what do you know about the origins of the most romantic holiday of the year?Trending
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