FOLKLORE
In Fukien, in the ancient state of Yueh, stands the Yung mountain range, whose peaks sometimes reach a height of many miles. To the northwest there is a cleft in the mountains once inhabited by a giant serpent seventy or eighty feet long and wider than the span of ten hands. It kept the local people in a state of constant terror and had already killed many commandants from the capital city and many magistrates and officers of nearby towns.
China (Li Chi Slays the Serpent)
TS was born on December 13, 1989, when this Billy Joel song was burning up the charts as the #1 song in the US.
We Didn't Start the Fire
Midnight is at 12 a.m., which stands for ...
ante meridiem
An intense, bright red commonly used on emergency vehicles.
Fire Engine Red
1940: ". . . whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender..."
Churchill
Once upon a time, a monkey lived in a tree by a river. The monkey was alone as he had no friends or family but he was happy and content. The tree gave him plenty of sweet jamun fruit to eat. It also gave him shade from the sun and shelter from the rain.
One day, a crocodile was swimming up the river. He climbed on to the bank to rest under the monkey's tree.
'Hello,' called the monkey, who was a friendly animal.
'Hello,' replied the crocodile, surprised. 'Do you know where I can get some food?' he asked. 'I haven't had anything to eat all day and I am hungry.'
In January, George H.W. Bush is sworn in as this # president in US history.
According to this book of the Bible: “And it came to pass, that at midnight the Lord smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all the firstborn of cattle.”
Exodus
A vivid red, which may get its name from the cassocks worn by senior members of the Catholic clergy.
Cardinal
1964: "It's time now for you and me to become more politically mature and realize what the ballot is for; what we're supposed to get when we cast a ballot; and that if we don't cast a ballot, it's going to end up in a situation where we're going to have to cast a bullet. It's either a ballot or a bullet."
Malcolm X
bout the year 1720, Søren married Jesper Bekhus's daughter Asloug. With her he got the farm, and they were quite well off. However, Asloug was uglier than anyone, beyond measure ugly.
It was said that she was a changeling, and there was reason to believe this legend. As a child her mother had whipped her and on many a Thursday night had left her out on the manure pile. The child had screamed and carried on like a wild dog, but she had not been re-exchanged. Finally they thought that they might as well keep her as she was.
Norway (the Changelings)
This movie starring Tom Cruise won best picture, director, and actor at the Oscars, though Cruise was *not* the winner/nominee.
Rain Man
"In the Mid-Nite Hour" was this rapper's 5th studio album. His first was "Regulate... the G Funk Era"
Warren G
Crimson
1942: "As a matter of fact, I feel myself to be a greater friend of the British now than ever before. One reason is that they are today in distress. My very friendship, therefore, demands that I should try to save them from their mistakes. As I view the situation, they are on the brink of an abyss. It, therefore, becomes my duty to warn them of their danger even though it may, for the time being, anger them to the point of cutting off the friendly hand that is stretched out to help them. People may laugh, nevertheless that is my claim. At a time when I may have to launch the biggest struggle of my life, I may not harbour hatred against anybody."
Gandhi
There was once a very rich merchant, who had six children, three sons, and three daughters; being a man of sense, he spared no cost for their education, but gave them all kinds of masters. His daughters were extremely handsome, especially the youngest. When she was little everybody admired her, and called her "The little Beauty;" so that, as she grew up, she still went by the name of Beauty, which made her sisters very jealous.
France
The Simpsons premiered in this year, though the cartoon characters had already appeared as a short on the Tracey Ullman show and in commercials for this candy bar.
Butterfinger
"Midnight Sun" is a retelling of the first book in this author's famed 4 part series, this time from Edward's perspective.
Stephanie Meyer
A red that was widely used to dye cotton in the 18th and 19th centuries, and is named for the country it originated in, NOT the bird.
Turkey red
1854: "The rich inheritance of justice, liberty, prosperity, and independence bequeathed by your fathers is shared by you, not by me. The sunlight that brought life and healing to you has brought stripes and death to me. This Fourth of July is yours, not mine. Youmay rejoice, I must mourn."
Frederick Douglass
Centuries ago there lived—
“A king!” my little readers will say immediately.
No, children, you are mistaken. Once upon a time there was a piece of wood. It was not an expensive piece of wood. Far from it. Just a common block of firewood, one of those thick, solid logs that are put on the fire in winter to make cold rooms cozy and warm.
I do not know how this really happened, yet the fact remains that one fine day this piece of wood found itself in the shop of an old carpenter.
Italy (Pinnochio)
The Game Boy was launched with six games, including Tetris, Super Mario Land, and two sports games. Name 1 of the sports.
Baseball, tennis
Solar midnight—when the Sun is closest to the nadir—is the time opposite to solar noon, which occurs when the Sun is closest to this, the highest point on the celestial sphere.
zenith
A brilliant red or scarlet pigment, widely used in the art and decoration of Ancient Rome, in the illuminated manuscripts of the Middle Ages, in the paintings of the Renaissance, and in the art and lacquerware of China. Also a bar/gallery on 11th ave in Capitol Hill.
Vermillion
1775: "If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat but in submission and slavery! Our chains are forged! Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is inevitable -- and let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come!"
Patrick Henry