Here's a place to add a quick note for all to see. - - Russ
Here's another. In Shakespeare's time, mattresses were secured on bed frames by ropes. When you pulled on the ropes the mattress tightened, making the bed firmer to sleep on. Hence the phrase "goodnight, sleep tight" Russ
It was the accepted practice in Babylon 4,000 years ago that for a month after the wedding, the bride's father would supply his son-in-law with all the mead he could drink. Mead is a honey beer and because their calendar was lunar based, this period was called the honey month or what we know today as the honeymoon.
Time may be a great healer, but it's a lousy beautician.
Russ: In Quebecois,the term is "lune de miel." As if anyone cared. However,if you were a single male up there in the 60,s,70's,80's,90's...last month, the knowledge of such a phrase could prove helpful. Bob
For those of you who know Terri Scaia, if you see her, she a jeannie in a bottle...of booze that is.
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