Fwd: RE: [Ansteorra] folklore and wive's tales: fact or fallacy

[Isobel de Kirkbryde]

--- kirkbryde at yahoo.com wrote:


 (snip)
> 
> >(Getting quite an education, aren't you?)
> 
> Just in how facts can be screwed over.  :-)
> 

Boy howdy!

>to listen for the bell; thus, someone could be "saved

> by the bell" or

> "Saved by the Bell" is a boxing term for when a 
> fighter is losing the bout but the bell rings before

> he is counted out.

The boxing ring also gives us the expression "throwing
in the towel."  A coach could throw a towel into the
ring to stop the fight and resign the fight.  

It was fun seeing the crazy stuff, but the real
education was the real reasons behind things.  Isn't
researching orgins of things like this just a hoot?  I
certainly think so.



=====
Isobel de Kirkbryde married to Michael Fenwick of Fotheringhay

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