My American Spirit Magazine came last week from DAR and it included some fun trivia. Have you ever wondered where some of the phrases common in our language come from? To be honest, I hadn't either, but now I know...
"Mind your own beeswax"
In colonial times men and women would wear beeswax makeup to hid scars from smallpox. But, if they were near a fire or got to hot, the makeup would start to melt, so the phrase meant for people to fix their makeup!
"Crack a smile"
This one is related to the beeswax makeup too. In winter, when individuals wearing the beeswax makeup would smile, the makeup would crack! I wonder if that's why all the paintings of colonial individuals never show them smiling!
I thought these were fun little tidbits....... I hope you enjoyed them too!
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