Posts by Claudia Dillaire
Saturday Folklore of the day: Birthday of “Parson” Mason Locke
Saturday Folklore of the day: Birthday of “Parson” Mason Locke Weems (1759 – 1825). His two mostly fictional biographies of George Washington, �...
Saturday Folklore of the day: Birthday of “Parson” Mason Locke Weems (1759 – 1825). His two mostly fictional biographies of George Washington, �...
Folklore of the day: Handel’s Water Music Premieres – Three
Folklore of the day: Handel’s Water Music Premieres – Three Times. On this date in 1717, George Frideric Handel introduced his ‘Water Musick,’...
Folklore of the day: Handel’s Water Music Premieres – Three Times. On this date in 1717, George Frideric Handel introduced his ‘Water Musick,’...
Friday Folklore of the day: The Feast Day of St. Dominic, a
Friday Folklore of the day: The Feast Day of St. Dominic, a 12th-century Spanish patron of astronomers, is observed on this date. Reginald Scot’s �...
Friday Folklore of the day: The Feast Day of St. Dominic, a 12th-century Spanish patron of astronomers, is observed on this date. Reginald Scot’s �...
Folklore of the day: Kiplincotes Derby. This most eccentric of
Folklore of the day: Kiplincotes Derby. This most eccentric of horse races, begun in 1519, is believed originally to have been conceived to assess the...
Folklore of the day: Kiplincotes Derby. This most eccentric of horse races, begun in 1519, is believed originally to have been conceived to assess the...