#HappyBirthday #February14 #BirthdayCohort (w/ #JojoStarbuck @starbuckjojo & @FreddieHighmore (his fans know) & ALL listed @Bing), celebrating the Saint of ... #Epileptics? #Beekeepers? @Britannica @TheZombieBible #ValentinesDay
'Those words' (below-hyperlinked to the Britannica-article that first informed me on this) is built on an even-deeper source ... something crucial that firms the foundation upon which our lexicon stands ...
The word “ #Epileptic ( #Epilepsy)” is built on words that mean “Upon (|Epi-) + |Seizure (to Take Hold of, Grasp ( |Lemma))” (a.k.a. Falling-Sickness).
A “Beekeeper” is one who #Keeps #Bees.
The word “ #Bee” is built on ancient words used when referring to 'the Stinging |Insect of the Genus |Apis that lived in a Society under a |Queen' (a social-structure that led to the sense of "a |Meeting of Neighbors to Unite their Labor for the Benefit of One of their number or -for one purpose" (#SpellingBee, #BarnRaisingBee, #LoggingBee (Tree-Harvesting), #HangingBee (Lynching))).
The word “ #Keep” is built on Foundation senses that spread into many meanings, including, “to |Seize, Hold, |Seek after, Desire, Observe or Carry-out in Practice, |Look out for, |Regard, |Pay |Attention to, See to it, |Guard, Defend, Restrain from Doing, Take Care of, Protect or |Preserve from |Harm, Maintain (a Shop etc.), Prevent from Entering or Leaving, Force to Remain or Stay, Not |Divulge, Last without Spoiling, Continue onward, Adhere to a |Course of Action, maintain |Safety, Have in Stock for |Sale, Financially Support & |Privately Control (one's |Mistress), Maintain |Proper Order.”
#Keeper #Kept #Bookkeeper #Keeping
Stant Litore says St. Valentine was also legendary for curing epileptics. And Heifer International attributes his 'patronage' of beekeepers to 'his encouragement that they guard the world's sweet nutrition' (or something ... before Heifer took the cue to start selling their healthy honey-products).
I sometimes get a little mind-spark from realizing that I have the same birthday as several famous people, and enough other people get that spark from seeing their birthday-cohort (both the currently-famous & the probably-not-yet famous) that I figure it's worth doing 'one of these entries for every birthday' ...
This Day's Birthday-Cohort
Astrologically, their sign is Aquarius ... no matter WHICH stars they were born under: Jimmy Hoffa, Freddie Highmore (The Good Doctor), Jack Benny, Gregory Hines, Florence Henderson, Michael Bloomberg, Simon Pegg, Carl Bernstein (Bob Woodward's partner in reporting on Nixon's Watergate scandal), Teller, figure-skating champion (with Kenneth Shelley) Jojo Starbuck (associated with the coffee-franchise? ... maybe she'll tell us in the comments!), Hugh Downs
... and many others (most of whom are at the 'Birthday-Cohort' link)---
you might comment telling why we should recognize a special one I missed ...
Or maybe you'd like a reminder of 'where you've seen one of the ones we DO mention'; Ask in your comment!
Or maybe you'd like a reminder of 'where you've seen one of the ones we DO mention'; Ask in your comment!
My Heart of the Nation calendar (which tells me which celebrations we (Catholics) are celebrating, and which color Vestments the clergy are wearing) tells us that this day they're in White for the memorial of Saints Cyril & -Methodius
Know anything else interesting about that? Comment!
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