*Sundays kept holidays

To Christians, Sunday has always been a holiday because it was the day of Christ’s resurrection from the dead on first day of the week.

*Fare well and goodbye

Farewell means `you may go well’. It comes from old English `faran = to go’. Goodbye is short for. `God be with you’. People used to say the whole phrase once upon a time, but it became shortened.

*Bless you and touch you

a) The custom beings were from the days of Great Plague which devastated Britain in the 17th century. One of the symptoms was sneezing and the blessing was given to comfort the victim as death seemed to be certain.

b) Touching wood refers to touching the cross as a protection against evil.

*What is A.M. what is P.M.?

We use A.M. for stating time before noon and P.M. for time after noon. In Latin the word `Meridies’ means midday or noon. The sun is usually overhead at noon time. The day is divided into two parts one before noon and one after noon. In Latin `anti’ means before and post mean after. So the time before noon is called `Ante Meridies’ and written as A.M. or a.m. time after middy is called `Post Meridies’ and shortened as P.M. or p.m.

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*420 -Number

The Indian penal code lists the punishments to be given foe various criminal offences. Section number 420 of the code deals with cheating. This number has thus come to be used for a cheat in our country. In other countries this number has no significance.

*Home, sweet home

This was line in a song written by John Howard Payne. The song was presented in 1823 in London theatre, put to music by Sir Henry Bishop.

*What is Sermon on the Mount?

Once Jesus Christ sat on a hill and gave his most important teaching to a huge crowed. This came to be known as his ``Sermon on the Mount’’.