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Subject: Re: Tuesday -- British Facts of the Day
From: WingedMessenger <Boy@FlyingHigh.com>
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"::darkshadows::" <bat@cave.org> wrote in
news:suks25l0otav6u1hme0opion6tcs9p3uck@4ax.com:
> On 09 Jun 2009 10:18:35 GMT, WingedMessenger <Boy@FlyingHigh.com>
> wrote:
>
>>"::darkshadows::" <bat@cave.org> wrote in
>>news:pg4s25h13aud9bip0cskn6391coa1a6hhc@4ax.com:
>>
>>>
>>> British Fact of the day...
>>>
>>>
>>> The British name for checkers is Draughts
>>>
>>> **********
>>>
>>> The well known lullaby 'Hush-a-bye baby, on the tree top', is said to
>>> have been the first English poem written on American soil, when a boy
>>> that sailed with the Pilgram Fathers was inspired by the natives'
>>> custom of propping babies cradles in tree tops.
>>>
>>> **********
>>>
>>>
>>
>>Yes correct again. Checkers here is a game played with lots of little
>>coloured pegs.
>>
>>Mercury.
>
>
> Amazing that you can remember these childhood games.
>
> lol,
> darkshadows
>
For the third time LOL.
Mercury.
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