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Six Impossible Episodes: More Mother Goose

Stuff You Missed in History Class

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Lady Bird, Lady Bird - Fly Away Home

In many parts of europe, lady bugs have been associated with the virgin mary for centuries. The most straightforward interpretation of this is that it's almost like saying, bless you or gazuntite when some one sneezes. In norfolk, they were burney bee, and there was a rhyme that went, burney b burney be t.

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