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September 1, 2026
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Comparison of Myths, Legends, and Folklore
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It's The Journey That Counts!
Life's journey is not to arrive safely at the grave in a well-preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, at 90 miles/hr with your hair on fire, totally worn out, and shouting,
"Wow! What a ride!"
Anna-grams​
●  Luciano still recovering from his fall in August.


Anagrams
​● My eyelids are collapsing = Melodyless, nice plagiary.
~ Danielle Linna

● My teacher is a dictator = Am I the sacred atrocity .
~ Jimmy Hayden
 
● The Leaning Tower Of Pisa = A new hope for easing tilt.
 
~ Toby Gottfried

● The Leaning Tower Of Pisa = I spot one giant flaw here.
~ unknown

● Severe anagram addict = Advanced a grim teaser.
~ Jim Banholzer
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Quotes About Myths and Folklore

●“Most have been forgotten. Most deserve to be forgotten. The heroes will always be remembered. The best. The best and the worst. And a few who were a bit of both.”
~ George R.R. Martin (A Feast for Crows)

● “If you take myth and folklore, and these things that speak in symbols, they can be interpreted in so many ways that although the actual image is clear enough, the interpretation is infinitely blurred, a sort of enormous rainbow of every possible colour you could imagine.”
~ Diana Wynne Jones

●"Folklore is the soul of a people, echoing their dreams and fears."
~ Anonymous folklorist 


● "In every folklore tale, there’s a lesson wrapped in wonder."
~ J.R.R. Tolkien


●"Folklore is the perfect second skin. From under its hide, we can see all the shimmering, shadowy uncertainties of the world."
~ Terri Windling


● "Folklore is the boiled-down juice, or pot-likker, of human living." ~ Zora Neale Hurston 

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● “Round these men stories tended to group themselves, sometimes deserting more ancient heroes for the purpose. Round poets have they gathered especially, for poetry in Ireland has always been mysteriously connected with magic.”
~ W.B. Yeats (Irish Fairy and Folk Tales)


​You Had One Job...
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MY BOOKS
Works By R Ann Siracusa
Tour Director Extraordinaire Series
Humorous Romantic Suspense
Book 1 - All For A Dead Man’s Leg
Book 2 - All For A Fistful Of Ashes
Book 3 - Destruction Of The Great Wall
Book 4 - All For Spilled Blood
Book 5 - All For A Blast of Hot Air

Tour Director Series Short Stories
First Date
Halloween in the Catacombs
Christmas Plans Gone Awry
Elves For Christmas


​Other Books and Short Stories
A Timeless Melody 
The Last Weekend In October
All In the Game
Family Secrets: A Vengeance of Tears

Tiffany
Time in a Bottle


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Granny Mythbuster Rides Again
Commonly Believed Myths that Aren’t True...Now. Knowledge is a Work in Progress.
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MYTH: Bodies of workmen are entombed in Hoover Dam allegedly because it was impossible to get them out and/or because of the concrete pour too important to halt to fish out a mere body.

TRUTH: Although workman were killed during the construction of the dam, none are entombed in the structure which would have been impossible because the construction process used.

Hoover Dam is located in Black Canyon across the Colorado River, on the boundary between the U.S. States of Nevada and Arizona. The construction of  was a massive undertaking, conceived as early as 1900 but not authorized by Congress until 1928 for the purposes of flood control, provision of irrigation water, and production of hydroelectric power. 

Based on size, it is rated 6th in the world. Those larger were built more recently using updated design and construction methods. The project is known for the difficult working conditions, scorching desert heat, grueling schedules, and hazardous work environment. Despite these obstacles, the dam was completed in under five years—two years ahead of schedule—thanks to innovative techniques and tireless workers.
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Construction Deaths
The number count of fatalities varies a little, and there is some debate about which deaths are actually related to the construction and notes about a few that are not on the official list. A lot of this relates to the terminology used when recording or categorizing a death. For example,  “Industrial fatalities” do not include deaths from the heat, pneumonia, heart trouble, and other serious existing conditions, even if they occur on the job.

Officially, 112 deaths are recorded in relation to the construction of the dam and 96 of those took place on the site. The first on the official list was a Bureau of Reclamation employee who died on May 15, 1921, after falling from a barge while surveying the Colorado River, but before the project was even authorized. The second person to die was Surveyor John Gregory Tierney, who drowned on December 20, 1922, in a flash flood while looking for an ideal spot for the dam. This was also well before anything was official.
The final official death occurred on December 20, 935, when Patrick Tierney, electrician's helper and the son of J.G. Tierney, fell from one of the two Arizona-side intake towers.

Of the total fatalities, 91 were employees of the construction company, 3 were Bureau of Reclamation employees, 1 was a visitor, the remainder employees of other contractors. Not included in the official number of fatalities were deaths that were recorded as pneumonia. Another source indicates there were three construction workers who committed suicide. Of all the official and unofficial lists, none of the people involved were entomb
ed in the dam.

Sources:
https://www.oldest.org/people/urban-myths-americans-still-talk-about/
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/hoover-dam-bodies/
https://www.ripleys.com/stories/bodies-hoover-dam
https://digital-desert.com/hoover-dam/fatalities.html
https://www.maxtour.co/whats-the-biggest-myth-about-hoover-dam/
https://www.usbr.gov/lc/hooverdam/history/essays/fatal.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoover_Dam
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  • SEPTEMBER 7 IS
  • LABOR DAY

September Observations
● National Hispanic Heritage
   Month

● National African Immigrant
   Heritage Month

● National Cancer Research
   Month

● National Childhood Cancer
   Awareness Month

● National Asthma /Allergy
   Awareness Month

●
National Guide Dog Month
● Pet Cancer Awareness Mo.
 
●
Gospel Music Heritage Mo.
●
Library Card Sign-up Month
● National Preparedness Mo.
● National Prostate Health
​   Month

● National Clean Air Month

● National Save a Tiger Month
● Older Americans Month
● Falls Prevention Month
● Healthy Aging Month
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Mobility Awareness Month
● Pain Awareness Month
● Suicide Prevention Month



​Enhance Your Vocabulary - New 2026 Dictionary Words 

● snatched  = (n) On point, very good, or well styled.

● spam = (n) A fake social media account.

● squad  = (n) Close friend group.

● stan = (adj) A teen slang term meaning an overzealous or obsessive fan of a particular celebrity.

swoop = (v) To be picked up in an automobile.

● tea   =  (n) Gossip or interesting news shared between friends.

● thicc = (n) Having an attractive, curvy body.

● thirsty  = (adj) Desperate or attention, usually sexual attention.
● thot  = phrase - Stands for “that ho over there” and is often used instead of “slut”.

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trap phone  = (n) Also called a burner phone, this is an older, hand-me-down smart-phone that kids trade or sell with each other. Kids who get their phones taken away by their parents may seek out a trap phone to have easy internet access (provided they can connect it to Wi-Fi).

● trash = (adj or n) Terrible or unacceptable.

Source: https://linglify.com/en/learn/en/blog/new-english-words-2026


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