Just a few Valentine’s Day facts and superstitions. (Who DOESN'T love this stuff?) Enjoy, and Happy Valentine's Day!
Or "Single Awareness Day" as I call it.
BIRDS
Ladies, pay attention to those birds!
Robin: a sailor
Sparrow: a poor man that will bring lots of happiness
Owl: remain spinster
Bluebird: a happy man
Blackbird: a priest or clergyman
Crossbill: an argumentative man
Dove: man with a golden heart
Goldfinch: rich man
Flock of doves: happy and peaceful marriage
What type of man will YOU marry? Myself... I'm rooting for the goldfinch.
- In the Middle Ages, young men and women drew names from a bowl to see who their valentines would be. They would wear these names on their sleeves for one week. To wear your heart on your sleeve now means that it is easy for other people to know how you are feeling.
- The Italian city of Verona, where Shakespeare's lovers Romeo and Juliet lived, receives about 1,000 letters addressed to Juliet every Valentine's Day.
Richard Cadbury invented the first Valentines Day candy box in the late 1800s.
- Alexander Graham Bell applied for his patent on the telephone, an "Improvement in Telegraphy", on Valentine's Day, 1876.
- The oldest surviving love poem till date is written in a clay tablet from the times of the Sumerians, inventors of writing, around 3500 B.C
SUPERSTITIONS
- If an individual thinks of five or six names considered to be suitable marriage partners and twists the stem of an apple while the names are being recited, then it is believed the eventual spouse will be the one whose name was recited at the moment the stem broke.
- In Medieval times, girls ate unusual foods on St Valentine's Day to make them dream of their future husband.
- If an apple is cut in half, the number of seeds found inside the fruit will indicate the number of children that individual will have.
- To be awoken by a kiss on Valentine's Day is considered lucky.
- On Valentine's Day, the first guy's name you read in the paper or hear on the TV or radio will be the name of the man you will marry.
- If you see a squirrel on Valentine's Day, you will marry a cheapskate who will hoard all your money.
- If you find a glove on the road on Valentine's Day, your future beloved will have the other missing glove.
- If a man hands you a key, you will be able to unlock his heart.
GIFTS
- In some countries, a young woman may receive a gift of clothing from a prospective suitor. If the gift is kept, then it means she has accepted his proposal of marriage.
FLOWERS
Red Roses: He loves you
Yellow: Jealousy
Cactus: You will have a quarrel
Oh, yes. If a man handed me a prickly cactus for Valentine's Day... I think there would be a quarrel, too.
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My cat's view of Valentine's Day:
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