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A Bee in Your Bonnet: An Astonishing Compendium from the Master of Origins, Customs and Beliefs - Softcover

Brasch, Ruby

 
9780207199943: A Bee in Your Bonnet: An Astonishing Compendium from the Master of Origins, Customs and Beliefs
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0207199949 ISBN 13: 9780207199943
Verlag: HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd, 2001

Inhaltsangabe

Why is a police informant called a "grass"? What have the bee's knees got to do with excellence? What was the name of Lady Godiva's horse? In polite society, can you speak of the weather being cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey? What is the origin of the term "upper crust"? Why do we throw spilt salt over our left shoulder? Why do men's and women's shirts button on the opposite sides? Why do we wind a company up, rather than down? What is the origin of the phrase "in the limelight"? The fascinating answers to these perplexing questions can be found in this entertaining book.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Rabbi Dr Rudolph (Rudy) Brasch, AM, OBE, is a highly acclaimed author whose works have been published in many languages. He is a scholar of theology, philosophy, ancient history and Oriental languages. He is also a world-renowned expert on the origins of customs, traditions and beliefs.

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Verlag
HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd
Erscheinungsdatum
2001
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0207199949
ISBN 13 
9780207199943
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
304
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