Not exactly Scrabble...

[pommystuart]

K8 in an N, so Saints' works.

However, there are no letters for All or Day to connect to.

Does every word have to have a letter connect with in a full correct title? I was just trying to keep it in one line. (You let me get away with Port Royal Sound. )
Will re-evaluated and split it up.
I guess I will have to split up Guy Fawkes Night as well.

Please put this one in for now.
22nd November Feast Day of St. (M11-17) Cecilia, patron saint of musicians and organ builders.

[Randi]

Oops!
I got confused because you split it into three separate entries. You wrote Port Royal Sound as a single entry.
As a single entry it is fine.

[pommystuart]

Ah sorry. I have now edited the old entry.
Note to self don't split word groups.

Old entry has now been edited.

[pommystuart]

Lets see if i get it right this time.

5th November
(L01-16) Guy Fawkes Night
Bonfire Night (5th Nov) is the most widespread and flourishing of all British customs.
The day was declared a holiday by decree of Parliament after Parliament was saved from being blown up by Guy Fawkes in the Gunpowder Plot of 1605.
Until 1859, all parish churches were required to hold services this day. Unlike today, celebrations were heard throughout the day, with bells ringing, cannons firing and beer flowing.

[Morgan]

E06 Down diagonal right to left TURKEY Large fowl native to North America proposed by B Franklin to be the National Emblem. (Eagle won out.)

[pommystuart]

11th Nov (E10-18) Martinmas Day

The Feast of St Martin, Martinmas was a time for celebrations with great feasts and hiring fairs, at which farm labourers would seek new posts.

It was also the time when autumn wheat seedling was usually completed in many places, including the south of Derbyshire. Here it was the farmer's custom to provide a cakes-and-ale feast for workers. These special cakes were made with seeds and whole grains, and called Hopper Cakes.

Tradition food eaten on Martinmas: Beef was the day's traditional meat dish.

(Martinmas today: Since 1918 the 11th has been commemorated as Armistice Day, and all remnants of the old Martinmas celebrations have disappeared.)

[Randi]

Interesting
(and sad)

[Randi]

B2 down — Nov. 9 is National SCRAPPLE Day

[pommystuart]

13th November 1850 Birthdate of Robert (P10-L10) Louis Stevenson, author of "Treasure Island". (Opens up a few more lines without entering his 3 names)

I wonder if they made Scrapple on Treasure Island?

[Morgan]

B11 PAZE An online pay system developed by a group of banks (which appearently no one likes or uses.) I am not up with all this. I have 2 Credit cards, 2 because one or the other is often in limbo because my bank saw something suspicious. And 2 debit cards - I only use the 1. I am beginning to feel ancient.

[Randi]

I just have one card. I am ancient.

[pommystuart]

My credit cards are on my watch and I am ancient as well.

Paze (November?)

4th Thursday in Nov. Thanksgiving – USA, is said to commemorate the (P08-14) Pilgrim (F11-18) Father's first harvest but there is some ambiguity about that statement.

Quote
The Pilgrims in fact celebrated thanksgiving in relation to the end of the harvest, between the end of September and the beginning of November.

On 3rd October 1863, President Lincoln set a date for Thanksgiving Day for the “last Thursday of November”, probably remembering the anchoring of the Mayflower on November 21st, 1620.

However, during Roosevelt’s presidency, Thanksgiving Day took place on 30th November 1933, the first weekend for the Christmas shopping season. Despite The National Dry Retail Goods Association protests, Roosevelt refused to change the date but changed his mind in 1939 when it happened again. By 1941 Thanksgiving Day was then set to 4th Thursday of November. ( from https://caminoways.com/how-are-the-pilg ... ng-history
end quote.

[pommystuart]

Sorry to get another one in before the rest of you have a go but I have just found it out and I did not want you to miss out on this one today.

Nov12 Fun Holiday – (I20 down) Happy (F03-06) Hour Day
So, on this unofficial fun holiday take advantage of happy hours at your favorite bar, cafe or restaurant. Enjoy happy hour with friends. Happy hour is a term used to refer to a period of time during a day when establishments sell drinks and food at a discount.

Did You Know…
…that the happy hour began as an event in the military? It is believed that the term comes from events organized by a club called the Happy Hour Social for the United States Navy in 1913.

From https://www.timeanddate.com/

[Randi]

That doesn't fit with the MOON already there.

[pommystuart]

Had Beaver missed Moon.
Please see ammended locations in original.

[Randi]

B20 across, reversed INDIAN
B2 across SUMMER

According to the traditional definition, it can only occur between November 11 and 20.
https://www.almanac.com/indian-summer-m ... ond-summer

[pommystuart]

3rd November 1957 The first living creature was sent into space. It was a Russian dog named (L17-P17) Laika and the ship was called Sputnik 2.

[Morgan]

O04 Across Jonestown Group suicide or massacre in November of 1978 in Guyana. Group was from the Northern California town of Ukia- nice quiet little town. Kind of in the Hippie area of California. Los Angeles Temple location is now a Spanish Seventh Day Adventist Church. THe Adventists are known as conservative, vegetarians, pious people. Their largest group is in Loma Linda CA - a known "Blue Spot" where poeple have great longevity because of their lifestyle. Ironic. The concept of "Drinking the Koolaid" is still heard from time to time.

[pommystuart]

7th November 1876 (N20 back N16) Marie (N12 - N16) Curie, a Polish-French Chemist and Physicist, who discovered radium, was born.

[Randi]

N5 across URANIUM