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Tables of Contents for A Millennium Primer, the Old Farmer's Almanac
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Foreword
9
4
Judson D. Hale, Sr.
The Human Connection
13
54
How Big Is the Family Tree?
Guy Murchie
A Handy Chart for Identifying Five Generations of Blood Relatives
200 Years of Counting Noses
Tim Clark
Solving the Mysteries of Love (and Sex)
Christine Schultz
Beauty Was in the Eyes (and Nose) of the Beholder
Elenor L. Shoen
The Sinister Truth About Handedness
Jon Vara
For Crying Out Loud (or Otherwise)
Jamie Kageleiry
Alas, Brave, Foolish Sam Patch
Tim Clark
How Long Is a Thousand Years?
Ancestors
Happy(?) Birthday
Nostalgia
Does Anyone Care to Know the Origin of ``Hello''?
The Golden Rule
Why My Great-Uncle Gave Up the Ministry
Old English Prayer
Good Health, Good Food
67
60
The Breath We Share
Guy Murchie
Cures for the Common Cold
Tim Clark
The Bloodstoppers
Margo Holden
The Top Ten Feel-Good Herbs
Martha White
Surefire Home Remedies for the Hiccups
Tim Clark
The Healthiest Vegetable of All
Georgia Orcutt
From the Highest Table in the Land
Meat Loaf Can Be Quite Personal
Al Sicherman
In the Event You Have a Cow...
Anyone Can Make a Perfect Cup of Coffee
Leslie Land
The Great Lowell Measles Epidemic
Folk Remedies
Fingernails
Do You Really Know Yourself?
The Birthplaces of Our Vegetables
Let's Have Another Cup of Coffee
The Art of Self-Reliance
127
34
The Forgotten Art of Building a Long-Lasting Fire
Raymond W. Dyer
Some Good Ways to Find North Without a Compass
Dougald MacDonald
The Four Fundamentals of Successful Fishing
Harold F. Blaisdell
How to Tell Time by the Stars and How to Check Your Watch by the Stars
Edward Barnatowics
Growing Vegetables in Small Spaces
Helen Tower Brunet
How to Predict a Frost Accurately
Calvin Simonds
A Case for Weeding in the Dark
Jon Vara
Wood Sniffing
Snow to Water
How to Estimate Distances Easily
Shovel with Style
A Tricky Method for Fixing Shoes That Pinch
Blackflies
The Ultimate Example of Yankee Ingenuity
Fellow Creatures
161
56
Solving the Evolution Riddle Once and for All
Guy Murchie
The Only Potentially Immortal Creature on Earth
Peg Boyles
The Case for a Pet Cricket
Kathleen Kilgore
Unforgettable Gifts from Pandora's Box
Art Sordillo
Nature's Amazing Laws of Speed and Locomotion
Guy Murchie
Three Incredible Pets Who Will Never Be Forgotten
Who's Smarter: Cats or Dogs or Human Beings?
Sy Montgomery
Why (and How) Do Cats Purr?
Jean Burden
Which Really Came First --- the Chicken or the Egg?
Guy Murchie
In Search of Animals That Don't Exist
Mark Sunlin
How Happy Is a Clam
Analyzing Ants
Horace the Frog
Cold-Blood Envy
Allies and Adversaries
Rags, the Farm Dog
Dumb-Dumb the Cat
Uncouth Jays
Keeping an Eye on the Sky
217
66
The Music of the Spheres
Guy Murchie
A Case for the Dog Star
Michael McNierney
E=mc2 So What?
Michael McNierney
How Old Is the Starlight You'll See Tonight?
Frederick F. Bird
Understanding Northern (and Southern) Lights
Blanton C. Wiggin
Greatest Sky Sights of the Past 200 Years
Fred Schaaf
How Big Is the Moon?
Lewis J. Boss
When One-Quarter Equals One-Half
Robert X. Perry
The Moon and You
Martha White
The Sun Always Shines at Noon
Robert X. Perry
What Is Lightning? (Besides Scary)
Garth Longene
How Come No Two Snowflakes Are Alike
Chet Raymo
The Birth of Daily Weather Reporting
W. Emory Wardwell
If It Hadn't Rained...
Norm D. Bloom
Use Insects as Thermometers --- They're Free
Erica L. Glasener
Do All Planets Spin?
Discovery of Worlds
Why Do Some Stars Appear to be Different Colors?
How Long is a Lunation? and Does Only the Moon Have Phases?
Which [Pole] Has the Stronger Gravitational Pull?
It's OK, Florida --- We Love You Anyway
The Ol' Goose Bone Method
No Two Snowflakes Are Alike, Right?
Snowstorm Etiquette
Forecasting the Weather by Observing a Leech in a Jar
Information Overload
The Formula for Converting Cricket Chirps to Celsius
Measuring Time and Space
283
48
New Eras: When They Began and When They Didn't
Andrew Rothovius
Cycles: Nature's Incredible Time Clocks That Rule Our Lives
John Burnham
How Certain Holidays and Just Plain ``Days'' Came to Be
Andrew Rothovius
Dining by the Calendar: Traditional Foods for Feasts and Fasts
E. Brady
Full Moon Names: How Each Came to Be
Andrew Rothovius
The Year Ten Days Disappeared from October
John I. White
The Real Reason the Week has Seven Days Have a Happy Friday the 13th
Rick Horowitz
Cocks Cockcrows and Weathercocks
Sun Time Versus Clock Time
Blanton C. Wiggin
Time, Tide, and the Fiddler Crab
W. L. Dougherty
The Man Who Unraveled a Tangle in Time
H. I. Miller
How Long Is a Furrow?
Winifred H. Scheib
Litter Calendar
The Pros and Cons of Leap Year
Wanna Fool Around with the Calendar --- Again?
Count to a Trillion?
People Who Wait Five Months for the Traffic Light to Change
Mowing to Maryland
How to Become a Prophet
331
52
Doomsday: It's Always Just Ahead
Tim Clark
The Flowering of the Planet
Guy Murchie
Predicting the Weather for the 21st Century
Clifford Nielsen
The Ice Age is Coming! The Ice Age is Coming!
Chet Raymo
The Earthshaking Theories of James Berkland
Ric Bucher
Is It Time Now for the Earth and the Moon to Have Their Own Names?
Dennis L. Mammana
What Will the Future Bring?
Guy Murchie
Is Travel to the Past Possible?
Michael McNierney
How to Become Immortal
Tim Clark
If You Can Understand Catastrophe Options, You're a Genius (or a Fool)
Astrology Has the Answers --- if You Believe
Volcanoes: Perhaps Mountains Sing Before they Erupt
Earthquakes: When in Doubt, Apply the Chaos Theory
Old Weather Predictors
Predicting Weather by the Moon
An Old Prediction That Is Soon to Come True
Seeds of Chance
Sources and Credits
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