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e’d have to agree with Mr. Rich’s above statement: there are very few profound sayings in the world these days . . . and perhaps his is only NOT considered one because he points out that simple fact. Communication these days is no longer the type of artform it perhaps was back in Shakespeare’s day. Maybe that’s due to social media, maybe we’re all just a little less cultured than we used to be. Who really knows? One thing’s for sure: we don’t seem to have a problem coming up with things to say. Good, bad or otherwise, we as humans always seem to want to put in our two cents. Speaking of two cents, why do we say that? No
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one is throwing down two pennies anywhere and if you ask us here at Snippetz, we think our input is worth way more than two cents. Of course, that got us thinking: where in the world did strange sayings like that come from in the first place? Maybe the origins of these seemingly weird sayings aren’t nearly as strange as we might assume. Keep reading, we’re sure you’ll learn something about weird sayings and where they came from.
DISCLAIMER Before we go too far, we want to make one thing clear: it is nearly impossible to know with absolute certainty where a specific phrase or term came from. Who’s to say some super famous general from the Civil War was the person who coined a phrase and not your greatgrandmother? We just don’t know! That being said, we did our due diligence to trace the origins back as accurately as possible. Let’s get started, shall we?
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“SLEEP TIGHT” The natural assumption is that this expression refers to being tucked into your bed nice and tight, but that’s not actually the case. One theory suggested that the phrase referred to the act of tightening the ropes that were used to hold up mattresses in the 1500s or thereabouts. However, it was noted that that phrase has nothing to do with the person doing the sleeping, so it really doesn’t make any sense. More likely, “sleep tight” comes from the fact that “tightly” was used in the same manner as “properly,” “well,” or in the case of how we use it in this instance, “soundly.” In fact, the novel “Elizabeth and her German Garden,” written by Marie Beauchamp in 1898, the author uses the
phrase “tight asleep” in much the same way we would use “sound asleep” today. That is, sleeping well. Get it?
“HOLDING A WAKE” This one has stumped us for awhile and we’re glad we finally had the chance to do some digging . . . why in the world would you hold a wake for a dead person? It almost sounds as if the whole idea of holding a wake was to see if the dead person was simply asleep and not dead. Well, that’s basically the correct meaning but for a more logical reason than simply because we’re hoping our dearly departed is going to raise from the dead. Way back when, lead was commonly used in all sorts of things, including cups. And that element would occasionally leech into the drink inside said cup. When that drink happened to be beer, ale, whiskey or some other similar beverage, the combination of the lead and the alcohol could literally knock the drinker out cold for a few days. Sadly, that frequently led to people being toted off and prepared for burial even though they weren’t dead. The idea of “holding a wake” was to literally have friends and family keep an eye on the “dead” person for a couple days to see if he or she would wake up.
“RED HERRING” As a youngster, this phrase really con-
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fused this writer. It’s certainly nice to get some clarification! First off, a herring is a fish that turns red during the curing process, which was often used to prevent the fish from going bad more quickly. The phrase as we know it means to deliberately mislead or divert someone’s attention from the real issue at hand, and that’s exactly what these “red herrings” were used for, although it’s all really just a theory. It goes like this: poachers would use red herrings to divert the attention of legitimate hunters’ dogs from the scent of the real prey they were all after. However, there’s no real evidence to support that theory and it seems more likely that the fish was used to train dogs to follow a scent. It stands to reason, then, that if a crafty person knew herrings were used to train scent dogs, they could likewise we used to confuse scent dogs into following the wrong track and keep them away from something someone didn’t want found, doesn’t it? We think so.
“SQUARE MEAL” Yet another example of a phrase that really messed with this writer’s head when she was younger . . . quite literally, she assumed everything was square, or at the very least, placed on a square plate. Interestingly enough, the latter is one theory that took hold for Origin of Sayings... Continued on Page 3
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quite a while, gaining ground as someone realized that Great Britain’s Royal Navy ate o square plates and simply assumed that was where the saying originated. However, the phrase is actually similar to the “sleep tightâ€? example from above in that it was simply a dierent way of saying something. “Squareâ€? meant “honestâ€? or “proper,â€? thus a square meal was a good, honest meal. That’s it.
“STRAIGHT LACEDâ€? If you noticed that used “straightâ€? instead of “strait,â€? you get a gold star for the day! Part of the issue with this phrase is that people often used the ďŹ rst spelling instead of the second, even though the second is correct. For obvious reasons, that seriously messed with where people thought this phrase came from. Just for the record, “straitâ€? means “tightâ€? and “straightâ€? means “not crooked or curved.â€? OK, so if someone is strait laced, it means they are tight laced, right? In times when women used corsets, which required laces to tighten, a woman wouldn’t be considered properly dressed if she wasn’t properly laced. So, being strait laced meant being tightly laced, which became synonymous with the idea
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can be the books you read. When I was in eighth grade, my father saw me struggle for acceptance amongst my peers. I got myself in some trouble (I don’t remember what it was) and to influence me to be a better person, my father required me to read the book, “How to Win Friends and Influence People” by Dale Carnegie. What a profound influence that book had on me! I’ve since read hundreds and hundreds of books that continue to affect my life – and I’ve written a few as well. What books have made you a better person? What authors inspire you to selfimprovement? Who do you influence? You have two categories of influence: you influence people you know and people you don’t know. The people you primarily influence are those with whom you spend the most time: parents influence children, teachers influence students, coaches influence players, etc. Think about the people you know best and love most – how do you impact their lives? Do you create a positive or a negative influence on them? What positive lifelifting ideas and actions do they observe by watching or listening to you? You also influence people you don’t know. Complete strangers or casual acquaintances notice how you live, hear what you say, and witness the way you act. For your life to have an extra measure of meaning, invest yourself in the lives of others – become an “influencer” in your little part of the world; mentor someone; help someone, be a visible authority of truthfulness, goodness and hopefulness to everyone around you. No matter what you think or desire, you are a person of influence, you are a “compelling force that impacts the actions, behavior, and opinions of others.” © 2019 Dr. Ronald D. S. Ross
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2. Who replaced Casey Stengel as the manager of the New York Mets in 1965? 3. Since 2009, how many times has a Stanford football player finished as the runner-up for the Heisman Trophy? 4. When was the last time before 2018 that the Minnesota Timberwolves made the playoffs? 5. Name the last NHL team to rally from a 3-0 deficit to win a playoff series. 6. Who was the last NASCAR driver before Brad Keselowski in 2019 to lead at least 446 laps at a NASCAR Cup race? 7. When was the last time before tennis’ 2019 French Open that the top four men’s seeds reached the semifinals of a Grand Slam event?
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BIBLE TRIVIA
1. What group appeared at the San Francisco’s Cow Palace on Aug. 19, 1964?
1. Is the book of Hebrews in the Old or New
2. Name the member of TLC who burned down her boyfriend’s house.
2. “Let everything that hath breath praise the
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3. Paul Williams wrote a song for The Carpenters, but they rejected it. Name the future hit song. 4. Which group released “Are You Lonely for Me”? 5. Name the song that contains these lyrics: “Should I bring him down, should I scream and shout, Should I speak of love, let my feelings out.”
Testament or neither? Lord” is found in what book? Psalms, Proverbs, Numbers, Jeremiah 3. What did Abel do for a living? Carpenter, Keeper of sheep, Tax collector, Tentmaker 4. Who was the first woman judge in Israel? Deborah, Sarah, Jezebel, Lydia 5. To whom did Jesus say, “Get thee behind me, Satan”? Andrew, Rizpah, Elijah, Peter 6. Who prayed three times a day at an open window? Daniel, Jonah, Stephen, Solomon
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SUDOKU
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TRIVIA TEST
BIBLE TRIVIA 1) New 2) Psalms 150:6
1. Beijing
3) Keeper of sheep
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4) Deborah
3. A fear of mirrors
5) Peter
4. Istanbul -- Europe and Asia
6) Daniel
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6. A conspiracy of lemurs 7. James Bond novels 8. “Family Guy” 9. 1,760 10. Art for art’s sake
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SPORTS QUIZ 1. St. Louis’ Vic Raschi, in 1954. 2. Wes Westrum. 3. Five times (Toby Gerhart, 2009; Andrew Luck, 2010 and 2011; Christian McCaffrey, 2015; Bryce Love, 2017). 4. It was 2004. 5. The Los Angeles Kings, in 2014. 6. Kyle Petty led 484 laps in a race in 1992. 7. It was the 2013 Australian Open (Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer, Andy Murray, David Ferrer).
1. The Beatles, in their first U.S. tour. The small 17,000-seat venue was chosen because promoters feared the event would not sell out. Fans were so berserk by the end of the half-hour show that the Beatles were hustled away by ambulance. 2. Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes. She put his shoes in the tub, sprayed them with lighter fluid, and set them on fire. 3. “An Old Fashioned Love Song.” Three Dog Night picked up the song in 1971 and took it to the top of the charts. 4. The Rude Boys, in 1991. 5. “I Don’t Know How to Love Him,” by Yvonne Elliman, 1970. The song was included in the soundtrack for the rock opera “Jesus Christ Superstar.” It was originally entitled “Kansas Morning.”
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Being conned is a horrible way to lose lots of money. Here are some tips and hints about how you can avoid being conned on the internet and on the phone.
lost relative, or a jackpot from the lottery. If you click any link or send any details, you've just given the con artists what they want.
1. Don't answer emails whose senders you can't identify. NEVER reply to an email unless you're certain who it's from! At best, you'll end up getting huge loads of spam-mail. At worst, you'll be getting a lot more cons sent your way because you'll be earmarked as a target.
4. Don't fall for any 'get rich quick' schemes. Most of these are cons. There is no easy way to make lots of money without working hard to get it. Anyone who offers you the chance to make thousands is probably looking to take thousands from you. If a deal looks far too good to be true, it almost certainly is.
3. Don't reply or react to any email that offers you a huge sum of cash, whether it's inheritance from a previously unknown long-
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2. Delete any emails which seem suspicious or which have bizarre titles. Some of these will have viruses attached which begin working when you open the email. Get a junk mail sorter installed to your email client. This should help to filter out junk mail straight away, without you getting involved.
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details over the phone, put the phone down. Banks and financial organizations never send out emails asking you to click a link to a site where you can enter your details. If they ever ask for your details, they'll ask you to type their web address directly into a web browser. They won't ask you to click a link.
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7. Watch your credit card history and balance. If you see anything suspicious, report it to the fraud department of your card. If you fall foul of even one fraud, your name and address could be spread throughout the conning community as a target for further fraud. Get the targeted card or
9. Check EVERY charge on your credit cards and bank accounts. Fraudsters often start out by taking very small amounts of money from your account, and gradually take larger and larger sums. If you can't account for any transactions, phone your fraud department.
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Tap into the power of fresh flowers that are in full bloom right now.
TAP INTO THE POWER OF FRESH FLOWERS “You can have your cake and blossoms too,” was the greeting my friend Janet proclaimed when she arrived for coffee time on my deck. Carrying a freshly baked Blueberry-Lime Pound Cake recipe from Fine Cooking magazine, the allure of her culinary presentation wasn’t just about the yummy cake. Ringing the confection were eye-popping clusters of bright orange and yellow organic nasturtiums. The delightful decoration of natural blooms she had just picked from her garden turned a simple get-together into an event.
Let your kids pick their favorites and enjoy “flower play” as you create something together. It can be as easy as tossing rose petals down the center of your dinner table. There’s an idea for everyone. 1. Set a pretty bloom and floating candles in a clear glass bowl or wide-mouthed vase half-filled with water. Set on a patio table and light the candles for an al-fresco family supper.
flower, such as a rose, and adding a few smaller flowers, such as daisies, 2. Tuck an aromatic gardenia in your along with a pretty vine or hosta daughter’s hair for an eye-catching leaves. When kids do the creating, ‘do. No need for perfume with na- the look will be less contrived and ture’s floral scent. more informal. Name the flowers as you clip and arrange them together. 3. Press a flower in a summer journal. It will be a treasured keepsake 5. At a family party, top an icewhen you thumb through the pages cream cone or cupcakes with edible this winter. flowers such as pansies and johnny jump-ups. Or, for a unique presenta4. Make a basic arrangement in tion, arrange a few nontoxic flowers a water-filled vase following the in a narrow jar or vase, and place it simple principle of using a focal
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in the center space of an angel food cake. *** Donna Erickson’s award-winning series “Donna’s Day” is airing on public television nationwide. To find more of her creative family recipes and activities, visit www.donnasday.com and link to the NEW Donna’s Day Facebook fan page. Her latest book is “Donna Erickson’s Fabulous Funstuff for Families.” (c) 2019 Donna Erickson Distributed by King Features Synd.