Carreras

Do You Know?

Stock ID: 259

Full set of 50 vintage cigarette cards.

This series consists of the following subjects:

• 1. Why “Piccadilly”?
• 2. Why “Costermonger”?
• 3. Why Is Grapefruit So Called?
• 4. Who Introduced Christmas Trees?
• 5. Who Invented the One-Piece Bathing Suit?
• 6. Who Decreed the Length of a Yard?
• 7. Why “Beefeaters”?
• 8. Why “Threshold”?
• 9. Who Invented the Sandwich?
• 10. Why the “Bridge” of a Ship?
• 11. Why Do Men Button Coats Left over Right?
• 12. Why Are Some Windows Bricked-Up in Old Houses?
• 13. Where Did the Kiss Originate?
• 14. What Famous School Was Founded by a Grocer?
• 15. How Far Does Shaving Date Back?
• 16. Why Do Women Wear Wedding Rings?
• 17. Who Founded Lord’s?
• 18. For What Purpose Were the Pyramids Built?
• 19. Of What Crosses Does the Union Jack Consist?
• 20. What Stood on the Site of the Marble Arch?
• 21. Which Is the Largest Church?
• 22. What Length Is Hand in Measuring Horses?
• 23. Why Is Rice Thrown at Weddings?
• 24. Why “Starboard”?
• 25. What Is the Origin of Saluting?
• 26. Why Do Sailors Drink the King’s Health Sitting?
• 27. Who Was the First King to Live at Buckingham Palace?
• 28. Which Cathedral Has the Highest Spire in England?
• 29. What Does the Monument Commemorate?
• 30. What Is the Woolsack?
• 31. Why Is the Olive Branch the Symbol of Peace?
• 32. Why Sailors Wear Collars?
• 33. What Is the Address H.M. Fleet in Foreign Waters?
• 34. How Much are the Contents of the British Museum Insured for?
• 35. Why Were Tankards Originally Glass-Bottomed?
• 36. What Is the Origin of Wig and Gown?
• 37. What Do Hall Marks on Silver Mean?
• 38. How Did the British Navy Get Its Colours?
• 39. Of What Does the Royal Standard Consist?
• 40. What Is the Plimsoll Mark?
• 41. Why a Horse-Shoe for Luck?
• 42. Why Do Men Raise Their Hats?
• 43. Why Do Men Walk on Outside of Pavement?
• 44. Which is the Only Regiment to Wear Two Cap Badges?
• 45. Why Are Wages Called “Screw”?
• 46. Why Buttons on Soldier’s Cuff?
• 47. Where the Name “John Bull” Comes from?
• 48. Why “Bobbies”?
• 49. Why Hard Felt Hats Are Called Bowlers?
• 50. Why Cocks on Weather Vanes?