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Three dog night is an eskimo expression in response to night's so cold, they necessitate huddling with three dogs in order to keep warm.

The Canary Islands were named for the large dogs that lived there in ancient times. Canariae Insulae or Island of Dogs.

The Romans believed that the dog star, Sirius, added greatly to the heat of the summer between June & August, creating dies caniculares, otherwise known as the dog days of summer.

Generally speaking, herbs are the leaves of plants from temperate zones, while spices are ground up bits of bark (cinnamon), seeds (cumin), roots (ginger), pods, husks and stalks, often from tropical plants.

Popeye Doyle wears a pork-pie.

Europeans collected scalps of Native Americans to collect their bounty, and thus introduced the practice. Similarly, Spaniards are responsible for bringing horses to the Indians.

Zounds - God's Wounds.