This comes from me reading an article with reference to Lady Day and the year. Member Frances H. explained it and then I was off looking for more… Lady Day is on 25 March. It’s the Feast of the Annunciation when the Angel Gabriel visited the Virgin Mary. It’s the first of four traditional quarter […]

Lots of hair dye bottles were found at an archaeology dig in Kentucky. The site was where Civil War photography was done. They believe that the soldiers colored their hair to look better. If you had light or blonde hair back then it would look gray in the photo.

Apparently there is an app from the U.S. Surgeon General and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that allows you to make a tree that highlights health conditions that have passed down in the family.

From The Irish Times for Dec. 5th. 2019

Beyond 2022 is Ireland’s Virtual Treasury research project to try and retrieve as many documents as possible that were lost in the fire at the Public Records Office in 1922 during the Civil War. They’re trying to recreate virtually as much of the archives as they can in digital format that will be accessible to […]

The Upper Crust

Bread was divided according to status. Workers got the burnt bottom of the loaf, the family got the middle, and guests got the top, or the upper crust. Orlan Smith