I don’t know about you guys, but I am fascinated... ...ng Around The Rosie is actually about the Bubonic Plague . I’m sure many of you have heard this one befor... ...The problem with this theory? To start with, the plague first appeared in Europe in the 1300’s and the... ...pe in the 1300’s and the l...
http://www.neatorama.com/2011/06/29/2-true-and-2-false-origins-of-tongue-twisters-and-nursery-rhymes/
Poor Greece. First it was the whole debt crisis, then came this pestilence of frogs:Greek officials say a horde of frogs has forced the closure of a key northern highway for two hours.Thessaloniki traffic police chief Gi...
http://www.neatorama.com/2010/06/08/carpet-of-frogs-plague-greece/
If you think you've got problem, just think of Aus... ...el a bit better. See, they've got a little locust plague problem. How little? Oh, the size of Spain or so:... ...k could potentially be worse than the devastating plague of 2004 – when locusts swept through easter...
http://www.neatorama.com/2010/04/15/australia-plague-of-locusts-the-size-of-spain/
The outbreak of swine flu, first in Mexico then... ...o be identified. 2. The Antonine Plague In 165 AD, Greek physician Galen described... ...million people were dead. 3. The Plague of Justinian In 541-542 AD, ther... ...e height of the infection, the disease, named t...
http://www.neatorama.com/2009/04/27/5-deadliest-pandemics-in-history/
An exhumation of a mass grave of plague victims in Venice, Italy yielded the skeleton of... ...ime the woman died, many people believed that the plague was spread by "vampires" which, rather than drink... ...oved from a mass grave of victims of the Venetian plague
http://www.neatorama.com/2009/03/06/vampire-found-in-italy/
