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Old Wives Tales and Superstitions around the Home
by Sharon Howe September 29, 2019
There are many old wives tales and superstitions that have been carried through the centuries and into our homes. Here are a few of the more inter...
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Origins of Horse-Related Idioms
by Sharon Howe July 14, 2019

There are so many phrases that we use, in everyday language that relate to horses, and I often wonder how and when did they originate?

Hold your horses!

When It Originated: 800 BCE

"Hold your horses", sometimes said as "Hold the horses", is a common idiom meaning
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