Dog Days: a time period so hot that it saps the energy of man and beast, and there is very little, if any, movement. In the Southeastern United States, where I am so blessed to live, dog days start in early July and don't end until September. Children were taught the period was so named because it was too hot for dogs to move from the shade where they spent the long, blistering days. We were warned to be especially careful, for everything from bug bites to dew cuts to ear aches were remarkably worse during dog days. Fortunately, the crops were laid by and growing by then, with harvest several weeks away, so the work would slow down for everyone except the ones preparing vegetables for freezing and canning. We worshipped the window fans that blew the night-cooled air into our bedrooms enough that we could sleep. Actually, the term 'dog days' can be credited to the early Romans, who endured these hot, sticky days without air-conditioned houses. ...
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