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How did Valentine become the patron saint of lovers?

Posted on Wednesday January 7th, 2009 at 19:56 in holidays

In 270 AD, the mad Roman emperor Claudius II outlawed marriage because he believed married men made for bad soldiers. Ignoring the emperor, Bishop Valentine continued to marry young lovers in secret until his disobedience was discovered and he was se...
What is the origin of the New Year’s song Auld Lang Syne?

Posted on Wednesday January 7th, 2009 at 19:55 in holidays

The tone and lyrics of Auld Lang Syne seem to capture perfectly the emotions involved in the passing of the fleeting accomplishments and losses of one calendar year coinciding with the rise of hope in a new one. Auld lang syne is Scottish and literal...
When was the first organized hockey team founded?

Posted on Wednesday January 7th, 2009 at 19:54

On January 31, 1877, McGill University students started the first organized ice hockey club. Employing codified rules, hockey officials, and team uniforms, the McGill University Hockey Club played a challenge match against a loose collection of lacro...
How did bobbing for apples become a Halloween tradition?

Posted on Wednesday January 7th, 2009 at 19:54

Halloween was the Celts' most significant annual holiday. After the Romans invaded Britain, they respected and adopted a few of the Celtic practices, and during the first century A.D., the two cultures began integrating their late autumn rituals. I...
Why is a small newspaper called a "gazette"?

Posted on Wednesday January 7th, 2009 at 19:53

In 59 B.C. Julius Caesar introduced the first handwritten daily newspapers, which were posted in prominent locations around Rome. However, it wasn't until long after Gutenberg's printing press was invented that news became an industry. During the m...
Why is three of anything called a "hat trick"?

Posted on Wednesday January 7th, 2009 at 19:52

While in Canada it refers to three goals by a single player in a hockey game, a "hat trick" means any accomplishment of three and comes from the English game of cricket. When a bowler retired three consecutive batsmen with three consecutive balls, h...