tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9721761.post3551651164684999753..comments2024-03-19T07:27:06.216-04:00Comments on VOTARIES OF HORROR: Folklore: Thanksgiving II, Founding FathersKatherine Woodburyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14364517253667798449noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9721761.post-37303862781188015172009-11-30T13:31:01.250-05:002009-11-30T13:31:01.250-05:00Kate,
This article addresses both mythbuilding an...Kate,<br /><br />This article addresses both mythbuilding and mythbusting of the Thanksgiving story. When you do teach this course it might be a nice inclusion.<br />http://article.nationalreview.com/print/?q=NWYzZWRhZjZjODYyMDI1NTJiYzc0OGZjMGQyNDUwNzM=<br /><br />November 26, 2008, 7:00 a.m.<br /><br />My Plymouth Pilgrimage<br />It was a worthwhile visit, despite the best efforts of the guardians of political correctness.<br /><br />By John G. WestDannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9721761.post-35049753592011975962009-11-27T13:31:41.124-05:002009-11-27T13:31:41.124-05:00More Thanskgiving related folklore
http://blogs.st...More Thanskgiving related folklore<br />http://blogs.static.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/41432.html<br /><br />"According to researchers, the name 'Black Friday' dates back to Philadelphia in the mid-1960s. The Friday in question is nestled snugly between Thanksgiving and the traditional Army-Navy football game that’s played in Philadelphia on the following Saturday, so the City of Brotherly Love was always bustling with activity on that day. All of the people were great for retailers, but they were a huge pain for police officers, cab drivers, and anyone who had to negotiate the city’s streets. They started referring to the annual day of commercial bedlam as 'Black Friday' to reflect how irritating it was.<br /><br />Apparently storeowners didn’t love having their biggest shopping day saddled with such a negative moniker, so in the early 1980s someone began floating the accounting angle to put a more positive spin on the big day."<br /><br />Dan: Since anyone can pull up the financial reports for any large retailer why does the media today willingly repeat the folklore that Black Friday marks the day retailers turn profitable for the year? It is almost as if the media is reading from a script...Dannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9721761.post-5576549862525273002009-11-26T23:18:34.912-05:002009-11-26T23:18:34.912-05:00I corrected it! Good catch :)I corrected it! Good catch :)Kate Woodburyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06276977170991272672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9721761.post-79774375101669709342009-11-26T21:48:58.422-05:002009-11-26T21:48:58.422-05:00I'm confused about how Dickens wrote something...I'm confused about how Dickens wrote something in Huckleberry Finn.......mike cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9721761.post-42437626713330721662009-11-26T01:18:28.926-05:002009-11-26T01:18:28.926-05:00My favorite myth of America's founding is Bets...My favorite myth of America's founding is Betsy Ross and the flag. What makes this myth so perverse is we know who designed America's first flag--Francis Hopkinson. Like Thanksgiving, the Ross story didn't even arise for 94 years, around the time of the Civil War!Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04450897654318345683noreply@blogger.com