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May 2012

In the real world, some animals ride on other animals - a practice scientists call “phoresy” - to find food or mates, to disperse, or to locate egg-laying sites. Sexy Orchids Make Lousy Lovers by Marty Crump, 2009.

Rhino vs. Seal Milk

Mammals are the only animals that provide their young with milk. Whether low-fat, as in black rhino’s milk at 0.2 percent, or high fat, as in hooded seals’ at 61 percent, milk provides nutrition, hormones and growth factors, and antibodies that confer immunity against various diseases. Sexy Orchids Make Lousy Lovers by Marty Crump, 2009.

“Nobody will ever win the battle of the sexes. There’s too much...”

– Henry Kissinger. Sexy Orchids Make Lousy Lovers by Marty Crump, 2009.

The model for the roc bird was probably Aepyornix, the giant ostrich of Madagascar. Out of Noah’s Ark by Herbert Wendt, 1959.

Incidentally, an expert in the Phoenician language, Heinrich Heim, proposed in 1951 an interesting etymology for the word ‘gorilla’. According to Heim this work is not derived from a Bantu expression, but comes directly from the Carthaginian. Gorel means ‘scratcher’, gorilla is the female form. Out of Noah’s Ark by Herbert Wendt, 1959.

“A fool’s paradise is nevertheless a paradise.”

– The Cynic’s Calendar of Revised Wisdom by Oliver Herford, 1905.

“He who fights and runs away will live to write about the fray.”

– The Cynic’s Calendar of Revised Wisdom by Oliver Herford, 1905.

“Imagination makes cowards of us all.”

– The Cynic’s Calendar of Revised Wisdom by Oliver Herford, 1905.

“He who owes nothing fears nothing.”

– The Cynic’s Calendar of Revised Wisdom by Oliver Herford, 1905.

“Knowledge is power, if you know it about the right person.”

– The Cynic’s Calendar of Revised Wisdom by Oliver Herford, 1905.

“If the wolf be at the door, open it and eat him.”

– The Cynic’s Calendar of Revised Wisdom by Oliver Herford, 1904.

“A lie for a lie and a truth for a truth.”

– The Cynic’s Calendar of Revised Wisdom by Oliver Herford, 1903.

“Misery loves company, but company does not reciprocate.”

– The Cynic’s Calendar of Revised Wisdom by Oliver Herford, 1903.

Spring: May 1 to June 10 Early Summer: June 11 to July 15 Summer: July 16 to September 1 Early Fall: September 2 to October 15 Fall: October 16 to November 20 Early Winter: November 21 to December 25 Winter: December 26 to February 1 Late Winter: February 2 to March 15 False Spring: March 16 to April 30. The Old Farmer’s Almanac Sampler edited by Robb Sagendorph, 1957.

Books are masters who instruct us without rods or ferules, without words or anger, without bread or money. If you approach them, they are not asleep; if you seek them, they do not hide; if you blunder, they do not scold; if you are ignorant, they do not laugh at you. The Old Farmer’s Almanac Sampler edited by Robb Sagendorph, 1957.

“Education is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army. If we retrench...”

– Edward Everett, 1847. The Old Farmer’s Almanac Sampler edited by Robb Sagendorph, 1957.

Lemons should be kept in water until they are wanted for use, and the skin will not only be kept from hardening but their flavor will be improved. The Old Farmer’s Almanac Sampler edited by Robb Sagendorph, 1957.

“Conversation enriches the understanding, but solitude is the school of genius.”

– Edward Gibbon, 1914. The Old Farmer’s Almanac Sampler edited by Robb Sagendorph, 1957.

“As in a game of cards, so in the game of life we must play what is dealt to us;...”

– Josh Billings, 1907. The Old Farmer’s Almanac Sampler edited by Robb Sagendorph, 1957.

A number of languages in the Americas, such as Nahuatl, Totonac, Kickapoo, and Zapotec in Mexico, are known to use whistle speech, whereby the language is whistled rather than spoken. This whistling allows hunters and trappers to communicate without alerting their prey. It is also used by shepherds and herders to communicate over distances where regular speech would not be heard. One Thousand...

Hlonipha is a special form of Zulu which is traditionally only spoken by married women. It is a so-called avoidance language, as women have to avoid using words that sound like the names of any of their close male relatives. Forms of hlonipha are also found in related Nguni languages. One Thousand Languages, edited by Peter K. Austin, 2008.

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cyberscriber2world asked: Ingrid did you know your name is derived from the Ingwinian Language, Spoken by Ingwainians,(low German peoples) inhabiting the Jutland Peninsula and adjacent areas, during the Dark Ages; their tutelary deity was Ing, a Nordic Sea God. The Angles, The Jutes, the Saxons, and the Frisians were all "Friends of ING". and Ingwinian language is the immediate ancestor to Anglo-Saxon and Old...

Verses on the Graves

Tenth-century black book verses recording the burial places of Welsh heroes. Arthur’s grave is said to be “Anoeth,” either “wonderful” or “unknown.” An Arthurian Dictionary by Charles and Ruth Moorman, 1978.

In Chretien’s Perceval, on which Gawain sits, thus causing bells to ring, windows to open, and arrows and bolts to pierce his armour and his body. An Arthurian Dictionary by Charles and Ruth Moorman, 1978.

Her name may derive from that of the Irish war goddess Morrigan, or from that or Modron, daughter of Aballach. An Arthurian Dictionary by Charles and Ruth Moorman, 1978.

In Scotland, claimed to be the site of Guinevere’s grave. An Arthurian Dictionary by Charles and Ruth Moorman, 1978.

Irish god whose spear, according to one description, dripped blood and, according to another, was held before a cauldron of blood. An Arthurian Dictionary by Charles and Ruth Moorman, 1978.

Ynys Gutrin, British name for Glastonbury about 1130. An Arthurian Dictionary by Charles and Ruth Moorman, 1978.

Christ’s crown of thorns which Perceval wins as a prize in the Perlesvaus when he frees the castle of the Golden Circlet from the Knight of the Burning Dragon. An Arthurian Dictionary by Charles and Ruth Moorman, 1978.

Galeran de Bretagne

Assigns to the Bretons the tradition that Arthur was killed by a monstrous cat. An Arthurian Dictionary by Charles and Ruth Moorman, 1978.

In the Vulgate Lancelot, where an episode involving charmed carols and automatic chessman occurs. An Arthurian Dictionary by Charles and Ruth Moorman, 1978.

Arthur’s fabulous sword (Caliburnus in Geoffrey) identified with the sword Caladbolg wielded by Fergus in the Irish Cattle Raid of Cooley. An Arthurian Dictionary by Charles and Ruth Moorman, 1978.

The ancient Irish term for “adventure.” An Arthurian Dictionary by Charles and Ruth Moorman, 1978.

The castle of the grail, the original form of which was probably Carbenoit, the castle of the blessed horn, which demonstrates perhaps a confusion of cors “horn” with cors “body,” a horn of plenty with Blessed Sacrament. An Arthurian Dictionary by Charles and Ruth Moorman, 1978.

Castel Orgellous

Where in Chretien’s Perceval there are said to be 566 ladies, each with a knight ready to joust for the prize, the best estate in the world. An Arthurian Dictionary by Charles and Ruth Moorman, 1978.

Forest in Brittany visited by Wace (Roman de Rou) in the hope of seeing fairies. An Arthurian Dictionary by Charles and Ruth Moorman, 1978.

One-eyed giant in Irish tradition. He is similar to Ysbaddaden in that his eyelids have to be opened by his servants. An Arthurian Dictionary by Charles and Ruth Moorman, 1978.

The name “Avalon” was thought by Geoffrey of Monmouth to come from aval, apple, and he describes this Island of Apples as a paradise where the fields never be tilled and where grapes and apples abound. The Welsh texts also refer to the island as ynys avallach, Isle of Apples. An Arthurian Dictionary by Charles and Ruth Moorman, 1978.

An anonymous twelfth-century Welsh poetic fragment contained in the Black Book of Carmarthen. It contains possibly the oldest reference to Merlin, here Myrddin, a madman living in the Caledonian Forest. An Arthurian Dictionary by Charles and Ruth Moorman, 1978.

“To be wise too late is the exactest definition of a fool.”

– Young. Many Thoughts of Many Minds by Henry Southgate, 1902.

“Truth is the foundation of all knowledge, and the cement of all society.”

– John Dryden. Many Thoughts of Many Minds by Henry Southgate, 1902.

“Time cures every wound, and though the scar may remain and occasionally ache,...”

– Scott. Many Thoughts of Many Minds by Henry Southgate, 1902.