[Magdalen] Dog Days.

[Grace Cangialosi]

The term has to do with the position of the Dog Star, Sirius, at this time of the summer. It rises and sets with the sun, and the ancients believed its heat, added to that of the sub, created the hot, sultry weather. Wilstar.com has interesting info. Dog Days are roughly from July 3-August 11.

> On Aug 7, 2015, at 8:27 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
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> We used to refer to the first couple of weeks in August as "Dog Days"
> when the water bourn pollen covered the surface of the otherwise  sparkling
> surface of the tens of thousands of lakes in the Upper Midwest.  I  don't
> know how that name arose.
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> In this case, however, I mean that my cleaning lady brought us a  dozen
> hotdogs from the local hotdog/Frankfurter/Wiener restaurant, and we
> pigged out on them during the day.  There were various chili's,  sauerkraut,
> and relish varieties.
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> It reminded me of my son's statement that hotdogs are nature's most  nearly
> perfect food.
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> Yes, I suspect they are a nutritional disaster, but it's still summer, and  
> it's
> fun to turn to simple picnic food like this.
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> David Strang.