The Little Book of Answers: The How, Where, and Why of Stuff You Thought You Knew

by Doug Lennox

Overview

Have you ever wondered why...

• we say, "I hear it thought the grape vine"?
• golf assistants are called "caddies"?
• there is a best man at weddings?
• a leg injury is called a "Charlie horse"?
• the British drive o the left and North American on the right?
• a coward is "yellow"?
• brides are carried over the threshold?
• a formal suit is a "tuxedo"?
• a lefthander is called a "southpaw"?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781567319811
Publisher:	MJF Books
Publication date:	08/21/2009
Pages:	191
Product dimensions:	4.60(w) x 6.70(h) x 0.90(d)