Love is in The Air!
by From past to present, Valentine’s Day!
Valentine’s Day is a popular celebration all over the world. Nowadays it’s usual to send Valentine’s cards, flowers or chocolates to the people you love. In the past, however, people did some very unusual things!
In the Middle Ages, young men and women took names from a jar to see who their valentines were. They wore the names on their sleeves for a week. Today, when we say that someone ‘wears their heart on their sleeve’, we mean that it is easy to understand how they are feeling!
In Wales, men carved wooden spoons and gave them as gifts on 14th February. Hearts and keys were popular decorations on the spoons, meaning ‘You unlock my heart’!
In Britain and Italy, women got up before sunrise and stood at their windows. The first man they saw, or someone who looked like that man, would be their husband within a year!
An old English custom was for people to call out to each other ‘Good morning, ’tis Valentine’s Day!’. Whoever said it first got a present from the other!
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Post CommentKamran Prince
On July 15, 2010 at 2:46 am
Nice Post, Keep it up!
thechief
On July 25, 2010 at 3:09 pm
I wonder what it will be like in the next 100-200 years
X Ray King
On August 9, 2010 at 3:41 pm
it is hard to guess what it will be like in the next years…