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Folklore is the science that studies the beliefs and traditions of a people. The manners, customs, prose, dance songs, fairy tales, myths, every intellectual creation such as poetry, superstitions, exorcisms, spells, melodious lullabies, folk…

Folklore is the science that studies the beliefs and traditions of a people. The manners, customs, prose, dance songs, fairy tales, myths, every intellectual creation such as poetry, superstitions, exorcisms, spells, melodious lullabies, folk…

Windsor castle is the best-known symbol of the British Monarchy. William the Conqueror chose the site for a fortress after his conquest of England in 1066.
In 1917 when King George V needed to camouflage
his German origins he chose Windsor as the…

John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the United States of America (1961-63), was born in Brookline Massachusetts May 29th 1917 and graduated from Harvard in 1940. He was the first catholic to be elected President and the youngest to die in office from…

The earliest forms of long distance communications without resorting to human messengers must have been the ""smoke signals"" of the American Indians and the ""talking drums"" of the African people. Mankind has come a long way since then. In our…

Stavrovouni Monastery (referred to in earlier centuries as the Holy Mountain of the Cross) is perched on a hill 2260ft. above sea level and commands stunning views of the island as far as Larnaca bay. Circa 327 A.D. St. Helena, mother of Constantine…

Albert, younger son of King George V ascended to the throne upon abdication of his elder brother King Edward VIII on December 11th 1936. He became King George VI. His coronation in Westminster Abbey was on 12th May 1937. In the Second World War the…

Albert, younger son of King George V ascended to the throne upon abdication of his elder brother King Edward VIII on December 11th 1936. He became King George VI. His coronation in Westminster Abbey was on 12th May 1937. In the Second World War the…
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