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Carnival: I was just reading up on the Rio Carnival, Danik, to confirm its connection to Lent, which I sort of vaguely remembered. Also, it says on Wikipedia that two million people a day attend! Holy mother of crowds! Not to mention a security nightmare. Anyway, do you attend, or, as I would, stay far, far away?
Fat Tuesday:
I stay away. But many tourists love the Rio Carnival. Anyway right now itīs good to stay away from Rio, because of the many issues around the Olympic Games.
Fat Tuesday:Itīs exactly that, live or all day long on TV:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miFZzOen-fI
(The names in white are the names of the great Carnival Associations of Rio)
Halloween:
Halloween: The day when kids make everyone so annoyed that they envy the dead.
Thanksgiving:
Thanksgiving: the day a turkey gives its life for my pleasure. Take that, vegans. :ciappa:
Arbor Day:
Arbor Day: Aday suppose to encorage kids to care for trees and nature
All Souls Day:
All Souls Day: Again, you religious people have me at a disadvantage. I'm down with Halloween and Arbor Day, but the other stuff...wait, is there a Satan Day? I'd prolly dig that. Me and Norman Reedus, ridin' a couple a Harleys down a dirt road like bats out o' hell...Sorry, I digress. OK, I just read about All Souls Day. We ain't got an official day like that in Judy-ism, but we do sit shiva after someone croaks, which isn't really the same thing but I thought I'd mention it. There's tons of good food served then, like cold cuts, great pickles, real rye bread--it's quite a spread. I frequently encourage people close to me to kick the bucket so I can feast while they, you know, rot. If they got a cute kid sister I'll prolly hit on her, too.
Chicken Little:
Chicken Little: Bantam Rooster, here in SW Virginia, Banty Rooster
Polyphonic:
Polyphonic: Ooh, I'm so glad I got this one, Pendragon. As a musician of a certain generation, I am quite familiar with the history of electronic keyboards and keyboard synthesizers, and the epic moment in music history when the first such instruments, with their monophonic limit (not that some weren't great, most famously the Minimoog), gave way to fully polyphonic keyboards. Changed everything. Yes, I also realize the word polyphonic's broader meaning in music and as pertains to the piano, itself an historic breakthrough, but I'm a child of the 70s, cut me some slack. ;-)
And who the hell is Banty Rooster? What kind o' hillbilly operation you got goin' on down there in Virginny? :-0
Norman Conquest:
Why on earth is it Arbor Day and not Tree Day?
Norman Conquest: Author of cheap feuilletons
Teeth Extractor Day (Tiradentes)-
I've become more educated in looking up your references, Danik--never a bad thing. First, there is the talk of the town section of The New Yorker, which would be an example of feuilletons, a word I'd never heard. Then I learned who your Joaquim José da Silva Xavier was and his pejorative name Tiradentes, given to him at his trial. Well, happy Tiradentes Day and vive la revolucion! or however you say it in Portuguese. ;-)
And I think Arbor Day has more dignity than Tree Day, but whatever. Maybe there a National Shrub Day.
I Just Had Peanut Butter:
Congrats, T. C.! As you found the international references too religious, I went local ;). By the way, Tiradentes wasnīt pejorative, it was his nick about town. 18th century dentist...
Arbor day sounds grander but reminds me of Harbour Day.
I Just Had Peanut Butter: Privileged breakfast (Peanut Butter disapeared misteriously from the mini supermarket in my street).
Zucchini:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bantam_(poultry) A Banty Rooster is one these small chickens. Kind of like a Rhode Island Red and a Plymouth Rock, two more popular species of chickens! We'll make a hillbilly out of you yet, Cheddar! :)
Zucchini: A species of mutant squash that produces them like there is no tomorrow... Two plants will usually give you all you want and all you'll GIVE away also. I had a co-worker that moved here from Baltimore and was happily planting a garden to raise vegtables. But his inexperience made him plant a whole row of Zucchini... He would show up at work with bags and bags of the stuff begging people to help themselves...
Screech Owl:
Screech Owl: Fortunately not the kind of owl I dun hear (there's a little hillbilly for you, Pendragon) in the woods behind my house, who make a mellower "hoo, hoo..." sound.
Lemon tart recipe:
The muse hasn't struck for the last couple, but here's a late definition for polyphonic:. A failed method for teaching parrots to comprehend, rather than simply imitate, English.
Lemon tart recipe: For some delicate deliciousness, for others sour taste
Thanks Cheddar. The weird thing is that screech owls do not screech--they make a wailing sound. It is barn owls that screech!
Ubiquitous: