This past weekend I traveled to Toronto. I went there for two reasons: to see the exhibit called “Fashion Victims: The Pleasures and Perils of Dress in the 19th Century” at the Bata Shoe Museum, and to meet my friend … Read More
Pious King Louis IX of France (1214-1270) forbade swearing in his court. To avoid having their tongues branded with a red-hot iron, his courtiers took to swearing by the king’s dog, Bleu. Hence the origin of “Sacré Bleu!”source: Richard Zacks, An Underground Education, page 170-1