The calendar change question is difficult, so I went with what I think most people will say. I was in elementary(?) school when I first heard about it, via an anecdote about George Washington really being ten days younger than straight math would indicate at his death. This was due to the British lagging behind most countries and not adopting the Gregorian calendar until the 1750s.
The Romans had a January New Year during the Period of Kings, then over time went back to March. January was restored with the adoption of the Julian calendar in the 40s BC.
After Constantine, the New Year was gradually moved to Annunciation Day, March 25, and not put back in January again until the Gregorian calendar in the 1580s
By the U.S., I mean American Samoa (and maybe part of the Aleutians?)for the last country to celebrate the New Year. 'Cuz I know the nation of Samoa officially moved to the other side of the dateline a few years ago.
Okay, that’s what I thought. I read the rules and they’re straightforward, then I went back to look up past games, and I wonder if it’s strategically advantageous to pass instead of offering a reply.
I only knew about the blackeye peas until this year, when I googled to see what I could serve with it. I learned it was actually a Black tradition started during slavery. And that the full tradition not only involved collard greens (or other greens), but that the peas were usually served in a dish called Hoppin’ John, which includes long grain rice, celery, onion, peppers, and usually bacon. And they also started throwing in cornbread. The peas were coins, the greens cash, and the cornbread was gold.
In Jamaica I bought a hat that a woman crocheted. She told me the yellow was for the sun, the green for the lush vegetation that grew from the sun, and the red for the blood of the people.
