Things I Never Knew About Saturday
Saturday is a such an important day! Many things happen just because it is Saturday. Here are a few that you might not have known about:
- Saturday’s child works hard for a living
- If a new moon occurs on a Saturday, then there will be twenty days of wind and rain
- If you find the first flower of Spring on a Saturday, it means misfortune
- In India, it is bad luck to buy oil or iron on a Saturday
- The word for Saturday in Maori means “washing-day”
- The Vikings called Saturday “bath day”
- In Sweden, Saturday is the only day of the week when children should eat sweets
- Saturday’s colour is purple
- If you are born on a Saturday, you can see vampires which are otherwise invisible.
And of course, if you take a photograph on a Saturday, it will be featured on Saturday Scenes!
On Saturday, the 15th of September, the following photographs were taken:
- London
- Reading
- Providence, RI
- Berlin
- Amsterdam
- Brussels
- Worcester
- Rotherham
- Doncaster
- Rotherham
- Pembrokeshire
- St. Gallen
- London
- Oerlikon
- Old Moor
- Reading
- Zürich
- Didcot
- Marlow
- Cwmbran
- Worcester
- El Paso, TX
- London
- Swansea
- California
- Amsterdam
- Frilford
- Maidenhead
- Nanaimo, BC
- Leeds
And here are the hard-working submitters who took them:
- martin_chrisj
- sahfenn
- JanetIsserlis
- FrauKulli
- ingridf
- pendrift
- Pewari
- oxonlady
- thermalhound
- icklemouse
- CallumDG
- raumsinn
- RAFairman
- pixelfreund
- JMStockdale
- carocat
- Vinjii
- ernmander
- KennPFC
- robdavies
- akrabat
- HeideSpruck
- Korwhai
- akaSylvia
- mousewords
- rnout
- evenstar84
- maidbloke
- jamesnnb
- JeannieKelly
Saturday Scenes is a wonderful way to celebrate Saturdays!
Taking part is easy:
1. Take a photograph on a Saturday
2. Send it to @SatScenes on Twitter
3. Wait for the webpage to get updated
4. Oooh and aah over all the great submissions from all over the world!
So take a photograph this weekend and send it to @SatScenes!