Den Onsdag, 17/8 2011, 05:41, Bruce Johnson skrev: > > On Aug 17, 2011, at 7:03 AM, [email protected] wrote: > >> and, much to my surprise, I've recently found out that the dog days >> originally didn't refer to anything about the weather, but to shooting >> the >> wild dogs in the larger cities > > Well per Wikipedia (that infallible source of stuff people kind of agree > is true, or truthy enough to publish :-) it dates from Roman times, was in > August and at the time was heralded by the rising of Sirius, the Dog Star > in the east. This coincided with miserable weather in the mediterranean > (well miserable relatively speaking :-) and so they blamed Sirius. > > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog_Days> >
probably true, but we northern heathens found our own version it seems :-) -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Books, a group for those using G3 iBooks and PowerBooks (we run a separate list for G4 'Books). The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g-books Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
