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Today's History Lesson...a familiar phrase
We say, as well as also hear, expressions and phrases on a rather regular basis most of the time repeating what was passed down to us via parents or grandparents. More often than not, we don't pay much attention to the history or perhaps a story behind the origin of such phrases.
This Day in History: July 18, 1914
Phrases come and go dependent upon the times and circumstances which bring them about. "Pie in the Sky" is an American phrase dating back to 1911, which was coined by labor activist Joe Hill in an early 20th century folk song, The Preacher and The Slave. The song written by Hill is a satiric attack on the Salvation Army whose preachers Hill decried for lulling workers into complacency.
Via Sharla Shults
