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Little known origins of words and events (by martinforyou)
Ill start this one off easy. What is the meaning of `minding your p`s and q`s`?
I don't think I can go any easier. So let's go harder. Origin of Friday the 13?
(40 / F-M / New Jersey)Hum. That was when the knights templar got sacked across europe. When the Church labeled them all heretics and killed them and took their money and land. Friday the 13
U no i do. 2 celebrate the fertility goddess. I remember hearing that about the 13th yrs ago.
Why do we say god bless u when u sneeze
A celtic fertility goddess known as `Estuary of the Dawn` saw a bird die, made it live again and turned it into a rabbit that laid eggs of different colors. When england invaded they made that their day for the resurrection. But we still have our chocolate bunnys and colored eggs. That's where that came from.
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