Making history come slive!

WLook no further than learning the origin of old expressions. Here are picturesque phrases that originated centuries ago in early England that we still use:

Piss Poor: ning animal skins, families used to pee in a pot that they then sold to a tannery. If this is what you had to do to survive, you were “piss poor.” Even poor er than you, however, were those who “didn’t have a pot to piss in.”

It’s Raining Cat and Dogs: Many houses had thatched roofs without wood support. Small animals would discov er that the roof was a warm place to live. With heavy rain, the straw became slippery. Cats and dogs (as well as mice and bugs) would soon fall off the roof.

Bring Home the Bacon: a special occasion it was when people could obtain pork! To show off, they’d hang up their slab of meat. It was a sign of comparative wealth to be able to “bring home the bacon.” People would then invite guests to sit around the fire and “chew the fat.”

Holding a Wake: were used for drinking whiskey. Lead and alcohol, wow what a combination. It could knock out drinkers for days! When their bodies were found along the road, no one was sure whether they were dead or alive. So they were laid out on the kitchen table for a few days. The family would come round to discover if they’d wake up.

Saved by the Bell: England, they ran out of places to bury people; hence they’d reuse a grave. When old coffins were opened, some had scratch marks on the inside! What a shock to realize that they’d been burying people alive. To prevent this, they’d tie a string on the body’s wrist, snake it up through

Congressmen want to keep FAA jobs on L.I.

Nick LaLota visited the Federal Aviation Administration’s New York Terminal Radar Approach Control facility in West bury recently to meet with staff con cerned about the FAA’s plan to relocate dozens of employees from Long Island to Pennsylvania.

FAA would mandate certain facility employees work from the Philadelphia Air Traffic Control Tower location for up to two years.

FAA to force hardworking public servants

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