Ep. 80 The Blarney Stone

Links

Footle and Grok blog: http://www.footleandgrok.com/

Footle and Grok on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/footleandgrok/

Wikipedia Article on Blarney Castle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blarney_Castle

Irish Central Article: https://www.irishcentral.com/travel/best-of-ireland/blarney-castle-stone

Official Blarney Castle website: https://blarneycastle.ie/pages/kiss-the-blarney-stone

Intro and Outro Music:

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Ep. 79 Irish Sayings (and a few Blessings)

Links

Footle and Grok blog: http://www.footleandgrok.com/

Footle and Grok on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/footleandgrok/

Irish Blessings: https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/irish-proverbs-st-patricks-day

36 Best Irish Sayings: https://hackspirit.com/here-are-36-best-irish-sayings-and-what-they-really-mean/

 Intro and Outro Music:

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Ep. 78 Irish Authors to Read

Links

Footle and Grok blog: http://www.footleandgrok.com/

Footle and Grok on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/footleandgrok/

Great Irish Authors: https://www.claddaghdesign.com/ireland/great-irish-writers/

Ulysses by Lord Alfred Tennyson: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45392/ulysses

Poems by W. B. Yeats: https://poets.org/poems/w-b-yeats

Intro and Outro Music:

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Ep. 77 It’s Not Easy Being Green

Links

Footle and Grok blog: http://www.footleandgrok.com/

Footle and Grok on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/footleandgrok/

Chlorophyll article: https://www.sciencedaily.com/terms/chlorophyll.htm

Colormatters.com article: https://www.colormatters.com/the-meanings-of-colors/green

Fun facts about the color green: https://keepingitrealinjersey.com/fun-facts-about-the-color-green/

Thefactsite.com article: https://www.thefactsite.com/facts-about-colour-green/

Intro and Outro Music:

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Ep. 76 St. Patrick’s Day History and Traditions

Links

Footle and Grok blog: http://www.footleandgrok.com/

Footle and Grok on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/footleandgrok/

30 St. Patrick’s Day Facts: https://thefactfile.org/st-patricks-day-facts/

Irishcentral.com articles: https://www.irishcentral.com/culture/craic/facts-st-patricks-day-saint

Chicago River Turns Green article: https://www.thrillist.com/news/nation/chicago-river-green-dye-st-patricks-day-2019

Footle and Grok Irish soda bread recipe: http://footleandgrok.com/irish-soda-bread-for-all/

Intro and Outro Music:

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Ep. 75 Pi Day is a Fun Day

Links

Footle and Grok blog: http://www.footleandgrok.com/

Footle and Grok on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/footleandgrok/

Piday.org: https://www.piday.org/pi-facts/

Livescience.com: https://www.livescience.com/58249-surprising-facts-about-pi.html

Intro and Outro Music:

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Ep. 74 Fabulous F Words

Links

Footle and Grok blog: http://www.footleandgrok.com/

Footle and Grok on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/footleandgrok/

Phrontistery.com http://phrontistery.info/f.html

Intro and Outro Music:

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Ep. 73 What makes a book a classic

Links

Footle and Grok blog: http://www.footleandgrok.com/

Footle and Grok on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/footleandgrok/

What makes a classic a classic?: http://oomscholasticblog.com/post/what-makes-book-classic

Guardian Article: https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2014/may/12/classics-novel-status-shelf-bookshop-status

DailyLit: https://www.dailylit.com/

Classic Books

Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy

War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving

Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson

Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne

Moby Dick by Herman Melville

Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe

Kim by Rudyard Kippling

Persuasion by Jane Austin

Intro and Outro Music:

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Ep. 72 Telephone Technology

Links

Footle and Grok blog: http://www.footleandgrok.com/

Footle and Grok on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/footleandgrok/

ThoughtCo article: https://www.thoughtco.com/history-of-the-telephone-alexander-graham-bell-1991380

Payphone Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Payphone

Intro and Outro Music:

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Ep. 71 Johnny Appleseed Day

Links

Footle and Grok blog: http://www.footleandgrok.com/

Footle and Grok on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/footleandgrok/

History.com article: https://www.history.com/news/who-was-johnny-appleseed

Fun apple facts: https://www.applesfromny.com/about/fun-facts

Video

Johnny Appleseed Disney cartoon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=484AJlOnOnc

Intro and Outro Music:

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