them to bed. The earliest printed version in Joseph Ritson’s Gammer Gurton’s Garland in 1794 has the coarser last line: She whipp’d all their bums‚ and sent them to bed. There were many other variations printed in the 18th and 19th centuries. Origins and meaning lona and peter opie pointed to the version published in Infant Institutes in 1797‚ which finished with the lines: Then out went th’ old woman to bespeak ’em a coffin‚ And when she came back‚ she found ’em all a-loffeing. The term "a-loffeing"
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Ancient Origins of Public Relations Ancient civilizations and medieval society offer glimpses at public relations-like activities. Ptah-hotep‚ the advisor to one of the ancient Egyptian pharoahs‚ wrote about 2‚200 BCE of the need for communicating truthfully‚ addressing audience interests‚ and acting in a manner consistent with what is being said. Archeologists have found ancient bulletins and brochures in ancient Mesopotamia (present-day Iraq) dating to about 1‚800 BCE. These publications on
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prevalence of Creation and Origin Myths make them the perfect model to use to compare and contrast the different Native American tribes’ cultures. I will use this common attribute to demonstrate the similarities and differences between the Native American Tribes in relation to their beliefs concerning the Creation of the Almighty Power‚ the relationship between man and this Almighty power‚ and Man’s oneness and reliance on nature as illustrated by their Origin Myths. The origin myths I will be focusing
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Running Head: Civil War Origins and Legacy Civil War Origins and Legacy University of Phoenix Hist/110 August 25‚ 2008 Origins and Legacy of the Civil War Perhaps the greatest war in American History‚ the Civil War is unique because of the fact that it was the only war fought on American soil. The American Civil War’s origins were brought forth by complex issues dealing with slavery‚ expansionism‚ sectionalism‚ and political party politics. However the Civil War was mainly devised
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The origin of the state is shrouded in mystery. It lies in the limbs of the obscure past. History does not help authentically in tracing the origin of the state‚ why and when it came into existence. It is because of the lack of historical evidence that a political thinker has to depend upon sociology‚ biology‚ ethnology and anthropology for any suggestion as to the circumstances and conditions under which the state came into being. But the material at our disposal is so inadequate that we have to
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The thesis in the article The origins of the World War’‚ by Sidney B. Fay‚ can clearly be stated as the explanation for World War I. Fay states that no one country is responsible for the creation of the war. Furthermore‚ he goes on to explain that each of the European country’s leaders did‚ or failed to do certain’ things to provoke the other countries into a war. Fay states‚ "One must abandon the dictum of the Versailles Treaty that Germany and her allies were solely responsible. It was a dictum
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thoughts and opinions. One’s worldview impacts the way they view “life’s most important questions‚” (Weider & Gutierrez‚ 2011‚ p. 51). II. What is believed? 1. The question of origin The question of origin or where do we come from is a question that most religions ponder. The Christian Worldview on the question of origin can be found in Genesis 1. Christians believe that God created the universe and everything in it in six days. Mankind originated from one man‚ Adam‚ and one woman‚ Eve‚ who was
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ORIGIN AND EVOLUTION OF INDIAN BANKING Opinions differ as to the origin of the work "Banking". The word "Bank" is said to be of Germanic origin‚ cognate with the French word "Banque" and the Italian word "Banca"‚ both meaning "bench". It is surmised that the word would have drawn its meaning from the practice of the Jewish money-changers of Lombardy‚ a district in North Italy‚ who in the middle ages used to do their business sitting on a bench in the market place. Again‚ the etymological origin
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host was first suspected of being carried by monkeys in the African rain forests(4)‚ but in one case the monkeys at a holding facility broke out and had to be killed. In the pursuit of a cure and an origin‚ there have been several teams of scientists whose top priority is to find the viruses origin(5). The teams have trekked through the rainforests of Africa to collecting different species of animals‚bugs‚ and plant life. Bugs are also collected from the hospitals and from the surrounding huts
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- Essay - The Origins of the Second World War Text 6 by A.J.P. Taylor Professor: Luciano Amaral Assistant: Duncan Simpson Francisca Ennes 11731 Mariana Ascenso 11677 Alan John Percivable Taylor was born in March 1906 in Birkdale‚ England. His parents held left-wing views‚ which he inherited; and were pacifists‚ which made them send his son to Quaker schools‚ as a way of protesting against the First World War. Taylor was described as being an “arresting‚ stimulating‚ vital personality
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