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Did You Know? FOUR SEASONS BREEZE | NOVEMBER 2017 11 By Micki Rosen DID YOU KNOW THAT NOV. 3 IS SANDWICH DAY? Sandwich is a city in the shire of Kent in England. Originally the word was spelled Sondwic, and then Sandwic, and ultimately Sandwich in 1086. The name of the town came from its purpose: it was a market town, and "sandwich" meant "market town on sandy soil." John Montagu was the fourth Earl of this town, a royal title that essentially means "chieftain" and placed him in charge of the territory in the King's stead. John was a well-known lover of card games, and it's said he originally ordered his meat to be delivered to him between two slices of bread so he wouldn't need a fork to eat it and he wouldn't get his cards greasy. When other people heard this, they started ordering their food "the same as Sandwich" and eventually that became just "a sandwich." From such things are legendary culinary delights born! DID YOU KNOW THAT NOV. 6 IS SAXOPHONE DAY? The saxophone is a woodwind instrument that was developed by a second generation Belgian instrument designer named Adolphe Sax in 1846. His goal was to create a powerful and adaptable brass woodwind instrument to fill the perceived gap between those two orchestra sections. While it was initially developed to be used in classical music, the diversity of the saxophone has found its way into just about every type of music you can imagine. There are multiple derivations of the saxophone, all the way up the scale to the Sopranissimo and all the way down to the Subcontrabass. Though developed to be the balancing point between brass and woodwind instruments, the saxophone is classified officially as a woodwind. DID YOU KNOW THAT NOV. 8 IS X-RAY DAY? The X-Ray was discovered by accident, as part of an experiment where a man named Wilhelm Röntgen was attempting to ascertain whether cathode rays could pass through glass. Nearby was a chemically coated screen, and from it was emanating an odd glow. Röntgen named the rays causing that glow "X-Rays" because he didn't know what they were, and "X" stands for unknown; they've been called X-Rays ever since. Once Röntgen discovered them, he began experimenting with them to determine what they could and couldn't pass through and how they could be photographed, creating a new and innovative way to see what was going on inside the human body. DID YOU KNOW THAT NOV. 19 IS GUINNESS WORLD RECORD DAY? In 1951 an argument was held between Sir Hugh Beaver and his fellow hunting mates in North Slob in County Wexford, Ireland, about which bird was the fastest game bird in Europe. While we now know that the fastest game bird is the plover, their argument cast light on the issue of available reference books, none of which compared the flight speeds of birds. Sir Hugh got together with Norris and Ross McWhirter to create the first ever compilation of record on everything they could get their hands on; so it was that the first 1,000 copies of the Guinness Book of Records were printed in 1954. The book was hugely successful, and the Guinness Book of World Records has been printed every year ever since. DID YOU KNOW THAT NOV. 29 IS SQUARE DANCING DAY? Square dancing has its roots in traditional English, Irish and Scottish folk dance. Square dances were first documented in 17th century England. They came to North America along with the European settlers, where they were modified and improved over the years. The square dance is the official dance of 19 American states. Square dancing is mainly associated with a romanticized image of the Old West, and cowboys wooing Southern belles during dances organized to celebrate various occasions. Interest in square dancing, which had waned during the World Wars, experienced a revival in New York City in the 1950s, during the American folk music festival.

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