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Birthdays

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A birthday is a special holiday, and it has been since ancient times. The Pharaoh's birthday in Egypt was a public holiday. Some of the things we do on birthdays were also done by people long, long ago. The Greeks had cakes decorated with candles. The Roman Emperor Nero served a frozen dessert, much like out ice cream, at his feasts. He sent swift runners to the mountains for snow to make it.

Here are birthdays through the ages, and round the world: Kinderfeste in Germany, Victoria Day in England, the girl's dance in Indian America, gay frontier parties, Saint John's Day in Canada and Mexico, the Fullness-of-the-Month celebration in Japan and China, Age Group parties in Nigeria.

Here is the story of good luck charms, fairy godmothers, greetings and gifts, hope chests and horoscopes. Name days and coming-of-age days are covered as well. Woven into the birthday story are delightful legends and poems. This is a rich and fascinating collection of little-known birthday lore.

Pages: 64

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Garrard Publishing Company

Release: June 01, 1965

ISBN: 0811665577

ISBN 13: 9780811665575

Birthdays

0/5 ( ratings)

A birthday is a special holiday, and it has been since ancient times. The Pharaoh's birthday in Egypt was a public holiday. Some of the things we do on birthdays were also done by people long, long ago. The Greeks had cakes decorated with candles. The Roman Emperor Nero served a frozen dessert, much like out ice cream, at his feasts. He sent swift runners to the mountains for snow to make it.

Here are birthdays through the ages, and round the world: Kinderfeste in Germany, Victoria Day in England, the girl's dance in Indian America, gay frontier parties, Saint John's Day in Canada and Mexico, the Fullness-of-the-Month celebration in Japan and China, Age Group parties in Nigeria.

Here is the story of good luck charms, fairy godmothers, greetings and gifts, hope chests and horoscopes. Name days and coming-of-age days are covered as well. Woven into the birthday story are delightful legends and poems. This is a rich and fascinating collection of little-known birthday lore.

Pages: 64

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Garrard Publishing Company

Release: June 01, 1965

ISBN: 0811665577

ISBN 13: 9780811665575

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