LOVE TRIVIA
Do you want to know what is your girlfriend’s birthstone?
Want to celebrate your 5th anniversary with the traditional gift?
Would you like to learn to say I love you in Italian or another language?
Would you like to know the meaning of the yellow rose, the orchid or other flower?
I personally don’t give this “trivia” any thought. But for who are curious about wives tales, folklore and what someone just made up, click on the topic below.
BIRTHSTONES
January – Garnet
February – Amethyst
March – Aquamarine or Bloodstone
April – Diamond
May- Emerald
June – Moonstone or Pearl
July – Carnelian or Ruby
August – Peridot or Sardonyx
September – Sapphire
October – Opal or Tourmaline
November – Topaz
December – Lapis Lazuli or Turquoise
TRADITIONAL/MODERN ANNIVERSARY GIFTS
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Cotton Leather Silk/flowers Wood Candy/iron Wool/copper Bronze/rubber Pottery Tin Steel Linen Lace Ivory Crystal China Silver Pearl Coral Ruby Sapphire Gold Emerald Diamond |
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SAYING I LOVE YOU IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE
Afrikaans : Ek Is Lief Vir Jou : Ek Het Jou Lief
Albanian : te dua : te dashuroj
Alentejano(Portugal) : Gosto de ti
Alsacien : Ich hoan dich gear
Amharic : Afekrishalehou
Arabic (formal) : Ooheboki (male to female) : Ooheboka (female to male)
Armenian : Es kez siroum em : Es zes siroum em : Es siroum em kez : Es siroum em zes
Assamese : Moi tomak bhal pau
Basque : Maite zaitut Batak : Holong rohangku di ho
Bavarian : I mog di narrisch gern Belorussian : Ya kahayu tabe
Bengali : Aami tomaake bhaalo baashi : Ami tomay bhalobashi : Ami tomake bahlobashi
Berber : Lakh tirikh Bicol : Namumutan ta ka
Bolivian Quechua : Qanta munani
Brazilian : see Portuguese : Amo te
Bulgarian : Obicham te : As te obeicham : As te obicham
Burmese : Chit pa de
Cambodian : Kh_nhaum soro_lahn nhee_ah : Bon sro lanh oon
Canadian French : Sh’teme (spoken, sounds like this) : Je t’aime (“I like you”) : Je t’adore (“I love you”)
Catalan : T’estim (Mallorcan) : T’estime (Valencian) : T’estimo
Catalonian) : T’estim molt (“I love you a lot”)
Cebuano : Gihigugma ko ikaw
Chamoru (or Chamorro) : Hu guaiya hao Chichewa : Ndimakukonda
Chickasaw : Chiholloli (first ‘i’ nasalized)
Chinese : Wo Ai Ni (Manderin) : Wuo Ai Nee ( ” ) : Moi Oiy Neya (Cantonese) : Ngo Oi Lei ( ” )
Croatian : ljubim te
Czech : Miluji Te : MILUJU TE! (colloquial form)
Danish : Jeg elsker dig
Dutch : Ik Hou Van Jou
Ecuador Quechua : canda munani
English : I love you : I adore you
Estonian : Mina Armastan Sind
Esperanto : Mi amas sin
Farsi : Tora Dust Midaram : Asheghetam
Farsi (Persian) : Doostat Daram
Filipino : Mahal Kita : Iniibig ako
Finnish : Minä Rakastan Sinua
Flemish : Ik Hou Van Jou Ik Bemin Je Ik Heb U Lief
French : Je T’aime
Friesian : Ik Hou Fan Dei
Gaelic : Ta Gra Agam Ort
German : Ich liebe Dich
Greek : s’ayapo (spoken s’agapo, 3rd letter is lower case ‘gamma’)
Greek (old) : (Ego) Philo Su (ego, for emphasis)
Greenlandic : Asavakit
Gujrati : Hoon Tane Pyar Karoochhoon.
Hausa : Ina Sonki
Hawaiian : Aloha I’a Au Oe
Hebrew : Anee Oheivet Otkha (female to male) : Anee Oheiv Otakh (male to female) : Ani Ohev Otakh (male to female) : Ani Ohevet Otkha (female to male)
Hindi : Mai tumase pyar karata hun (male to female) : Mai tumase pyar karati hun (female to male) : Main Tumse Prem Karta Hoon : Mai Tumhe Pyar Karta Hoon : Main Tumse Pyar Karta Hoon. : Mai Tumse Peyar Karta Hnu. Hokkien : Wa Ai Lu Hopi : Nu’ Umi Unangwa’ta
Hungarian : Szeretlek Te’ged : Szeretlek
MEANINGS OF FLOWERS
Acacia – Chaste Love
Acacia (pink) – Elegance
Acacia (rose) – Friendship, platonic love
Acacia (yellow) – secret love
Acanthus – Artifice, the fine arts
Aloe – Religious superstition
Allspice – Compassion
Almond (flowering) – Hope
Almond tree – Indescretion
Alyssum (sweet) – Worth beyond beauty
Amaranth – Immortality
Amaranth (globe) – Unfading love
Amaryllis – Pride, splendid beauty, timidity
Ambrosia – Love returned
Amethyst – Admiration
Anemone – Expectation, sickness
Anemone (garden) – Forsaken
Angelica – Inspiration
Apple – Temptation
Apple blossom – preference
Ash tree – Grandeur
Ash (mountain) – Prudence
Aspen tree – Lamentation
Aster – Variety
Auricula – Importune me not
Auricula (scarlet) – Avarice
Azalea – Temperance; love; romance
Baby’s breath posies – Gentleness, everylasting love
Bachelor’s buttons – Single blessedness
Balm – Sympathy
Balm of Gilead – Cure
Balsam – Ardent love
Balsam (red) – Impatient yet resolved to win your love
Balsam (yellow) – Impatience
Barberry – Sharpness
Basil (common) – Hatred
Basil (sweet) – Good wishes
Bay leaf – Consistency, I change but in death
Bay tree – Glory
Bay wreath – Reward of merit
Beech tree – Prosperity
Begonia – Dark thoughts
Bell flower – Gratitude
Belladonna – Silence
Bindweed (Great) – Insinuation
Bindweed (Small) – Humility
Birch Tree – Gracefulness, meekness
Bittersweet – Truth
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MEANINGS OF GEMSTONES
Agate – Endows the wearer with calmness, courage, eloquence, health, longevity, virtue, and wealth
Amethyst – Symbolizes deep love, happiness, humility, sincerity and wealth
Aquamarine – Believed to ensure continual happiness and constancy in love; symbolizes health, hope and youth
Beryl – Symbolizes everlasting youth, happiness and hope
Bloodstone – Believed to endow courage, wisdom, and vitality; symbolizes audaciousness, brilliance, courage, generosity and health
Carbunkle – Symbolizes constancy, energy, self-confidence, and strength
Carmelian – Symbolizes courage, joy, friendship, and peace; believed to disperse evil thought and sorrow
Cat’s Eye – Symbolizes long life and platonic love; believed to warn its owner of approaching danger
Chrysoberyl – Symbolizes patience in sorrow
Chrysolite – Symbolizes disappointed love and wisdom
Coral – Symbolizes attachment; believed to me an amulet against natural disasters, disease, bad luck and jealous friends
Crystal – Symbolizes purity and simplicity
Diamond – Symbolizes brilliance, constancy, excellence, innocence, invulnerable faith, joy, life, love, and purity
Emerald – Symbolizes spring, rebirth, hope, peace, and tranquility; believed to endow its wearer with an accommodating and pleasing disposition
Garnet – Symbolizes constancy, faith, loyalty, and strength; believed to endow its wearer with cheerfulness and sincerity
MARRIAGE OMENS & WIVESTALES
- You know you will be married soon when…
A chicken enters your house with a straw in its mouth, which it leaves.
A mockingbird flies over your house
A white dove comes near your house
A spider descends from the ceiling and “dances” up and down
A cow moos during the night
- Your marriage will be a happy one if…
You feed a cat out of one of your shoes just before you are married
A cat sneezes in front of your bride (or you, if you are the bride) on the day before you are married
Either of you dreams about your wedding day
You marry in June, since “married in the month of June, life will be one honeymoon”
Your wedding ceremony lasts between half an hour and an hour (the rising hand of the clock denotes rising fortune)
You are married in the afternoon
You are married on a beautiful day (rainy weather forecasts a stormy marriage)
A ray of sunshine falls on you as you leave the church
It snows on the day of your wedding
You see a lamb or a dove on the way to the church
A flock of white birds flies directly over you on your way to the wedding ceremony
You carry bread in your pocket and throw it away (represents you throwing away your troubles) or give it to someone who is hungry (forecasting good fortune during your marriage, because of your generosity) on your wedding day
A spider is found crawling on the bride’s wedding dress before the two of you are married
The bride wears earrings during the marriage ceremony
The bride has her hair done, her veil put on, by a happily married woman just before the wedding
A new dime is put in the bride’s left shoe just before she walks down the aisle
Orange blossoms are used in your wedding decorations (they bring good fortune, since – according to ancient custom – they represent innocence, purity, lasting love, and fertility)
You carry a pinch of salt to the church (it will chase away evil spirits)
The bridesgroom carries a horseshoe in his pocket during the wedding (a miniature one will do)
The bride cries on her wedding day (it means she has cried all her tears away)
You both step into, and leave, the church with your right foot first
- You shouldn’t get married if…
Get married to someone born in the same month as you
Get married on your birthday
Get married during Lent
Postpone your wedding (old customs believed that one of you would die shortly if you did this)
Let the bridegroom see the bride in her bridal dress before your wedding ceremony
Let the bride wear pearls on your wedding day (each pearly representing a tear she will shed during the marriage)
Get married in a church with bats (if one flies over you during the ceremony, it will bring you both bad luck)
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VALENTINE’S DAY
Want to know a little trivia about Valentine’s Day? Here are some interesting facts regarding February 14th Valentine’s celebration.
ROSES/FLOWERS
- 110 million roses, the majority red, will be sold and delivered within a three-day time period.
- Valentine’s Day is the big time of year for red roses; Mothers’ Day means more pastel roses.
- California produces 60 percent of American roses, but the vast number sold on Valentine’s Day in the United States are imported, mostly from South America.
- 15% of U.S. women send themselves flowers on Valentine’s Day.
- 73% of people who buy flowers for Valentine’s Day are men, while only 27 percent are women.
CARDS
- About 1 billion Valentine’s Day cards are exchanged each year. That’s the largest seasonal card-sending occasion of the year, next to Christmas.
- One-third of all Valentine cards are accompanied by gifts.
- Romantic cards are the best-sellers. Victorian era-influenced cards are prominent this year.
- An estimated 25 percent of Valentine’s Day cards are humorous
- More than 50 percent of cards are sold the week of the holiday, with the largest and most elaborate Valentine cards sold 48 hours before February 14.
- 70 percent of those celebrating the holiday give a card, followed by a telephone call (49 percent), gift (48 percent), special dinner (37 percent), candy (33 percent) restaurant meal (30 percent), and flowers (19 percent).
- Teachers will receive the most Valentine’s Day cards, followed by children, mothers, wives, and then, sweethearts. Children ages 6 to 10 exchange more than 650 million Valentine’s cards with teachers, classmates, and family members
- Hallmark has over 1330 different cards specifically for Valentine’s Day.
CHOCOLATE & CANDY
- Conversation Hearts: In 1866, candy manufacturer NECCO made the first “Conversation Hearts” — then called “Motto Hearts.” According to NECCO, eight billion of these little candies are sold between January 1 and February 14.
- More than 35 million heart-shaped boxes of chocolate will be sold for Valentine’s Day.
GENERAL
- In the United States, 64 percent of men do not make plans in advance for a romantic Valentine’s Day with their sweethearts.
- The Italian city of Verona, where Shakespeare’s lovers Romeo and Juliet lived, receives about 1,000 letters addressed to Juliet every Valentine’s Day.
- Valentine’s Day is big business. Consumers will spend an average of $77.43 on Valentine’s Day gifts this year. E-commerce retailers expect to rack up about $650 million in sales of food, candy, flowers, and other Valentine’s Day gifts. Of that amount about $350 million will be for gifts and flowers and another $45 million will be spent on food (including chocolate) and wine.
- About 3% of pet owners will give Valentine’s Day gifts to their pets.
FAMOUS FEBRUARY 14 WEDDINGS
February 14, 1974, The Captain and Tennille were married.
February 14, 1984, Elton John and Renate Blauel
February 14, 1991, Leeza Gibbons, talk show queen & Stephen Meadows
February 14, 1991, Meg Ryan and Dennis Quaid
February 6, 1994, Brian Wilson, Beach Boys Founder & Melinda Ledbetter. Band mates and children attended the festivities.
February 14, 1994 Grateful Dead’s Jerry Garcia (51) wed Deborah Koons
February 14, 1994, Roseanne, of Rosanne & Ben Thomas, her ex-bodyguard. Her red-velvet Richard Tyler dress was embroidered with “Ben and Roseanne”)
February 19, 1995, Pamela Anderson, Baywatch & Tommy Lee, Rock star
February 14, 1996, Prince/The Artist married Mayte Garcia.
February 14, 1998 Sharon Stone & Phil Bronstein, San Francisco Examiner Executive Editor
SOURCES:
Roses Incorporated
Floral Index
American Greetings Corp
Greeting Card Association
Chocolate Manufacturers Association of the U.S.A.
The Chocolate Manufacturers Association
National Confectioners Association