Ever wonder why the color purple has long been known as the color reserved for royalty?
I’ve blogged before–actually a few times–about what a dismal job it was to be a textile dyer, over the course of centuries. Before the… Read More
Pious King Louis IX of France (1214-1270) forbade swearing in his court. To avoid having their tongues branded with a red-hot iron, his courtiers took to swearing by the king’s dog, Bleu. Hence the origin of “Sacré Bleu!”source: Richard Zacks, An Underground Education, page 170-1