Rejoice In the Sun
Ostara was the goddess of spring. From her name, we get this spring celebration
Easter
Ancient Egyptians would (reverently) call this a mau because, well...come on! Think about it
cat
At 5,000 mi2, the Gambia is the smallest independent country on this continent
Africa
H2O2
hydrogen peroxide
Tabloid talk show host who's a brown-and-white English bird dog
Jerry Springer spaniel
Even before the Celts, the Druids celebrated this winter solstice festival with holly and and mistletoe
Call me and I'll get a message on my beeper, also called this, from the days when you would actually send a little boy after somebody
pager
The smallest & shallowest of the world's 5 oceans
NH3
Sofa joke at the beginning of each "Simpsons" episode where the court tells someone they can't share any information about the case
couch gag order
Mayday! Mayday! At this summer festival, you might see a May Bush and a wicker man bonfire
Beltane
Avatar, bandana, cashmere, and pajama came to English from the many languages of this country (ok...we kind of came to them)
India
This is the smallest continent
Australia (Oceania)
H2SO4
sulfuric acid
A New York-based airline flies under a celestial event that happens every once in a great while (and when it does, it's the second one in that month)
JetBlue Moon
Cattle are slaughtered, celebrants go door to door in costume looking for food, and the divide between the Other world and ours blurs on this night when you may have some contact with the fairies
Samhain
From the name of a certain sect of Viking warriors who fought wearing the skins of bears, we get this word that means to go crazy (they were said to go into a furious trance)
berserk (from berserkir)
The smallest country in South America can be spelled with or without an e at the end of its name
Surinam(e)
NaOCl
bleach (sodium hypochlorite)
This children's book boy detective solves the mystery of Pip and Miss Havisham
Nate the Great Expectations
Celtic pagans celebrated Lughnasadh, the festival beginning the harvest season. Modern Catholics may celebrate this by bringing a loaf of bread to Mass
Lammas or Loaf-mas Day
The name of this tropical disease comes from the Latin for "bad air", perhaps from the belief that sickness was caused by bad vapors rather than germs
malaria
The least populated country in the world (BESIDES Vatican City at 799 people)
Nauru
CH3COOH
vinegar (acetic acid)
"The Seven Year Itch" actress whose foreign policy warns European powers not to invade Latin America
Marilyn Monroe Doctrine