Waltzing with … Billy
Last year’s blog entry, Pasco, looked at a religious side to Easter, so this year’s will be about a secular aspect of the holiday. One of the most popular symbols of the season is the Easter Bunny;...
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On November 29, it will be the 159th anniversary of the first flying of the Eureka Flag at Bakery Hill, in the goldfields town of Ballarat in Victoria. This flag was that of the Ballarat Reform...
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In a week it will be Easter, which is always on the first Sunday after the full moon following March 21. This computation was agreed upon in the 4th century, although it was apparently already an old...
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This blog post was first published on April 24 2011, and revised on April 9 2015. Today is Easter Sunday, the beginning of the Paschal season, also known as Eastertide. The word Paschal is the...
View ArticleRare Girls Names From the 1940s
The most popular girls names of the 1940s were Margaret, Patricia, Judith, and Helen, but what were the least popular names? Here are ten names which were only chosen once in any year between 1944 and...
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