Project Gutenberg 2022-09-04 Public domain in the USA. 167 Gordon, Elizabeth 1866 1922 Rae, John 1882 1963 24007484 Really so stories $aUnited States :$bP. F. Voffand Company,$c1924. How the New Year knows when to come -- About the telegraph -- How the military salute came -- Candlemas Day -- Abraham Lincoln's birthday -- About Valentines -- Why we celebrate George Washington's birthday -- About Boy Scouts -- St. Patrick's Day -- Lent -- Palm Sunday -- The story of the Bible -- Good Friday -- About Easter -- Trailing Arbutus or Mayflower -- About pearls -- About Mr. and Mrs. Pelican -- Indian Day -- About hats -- Mother's Day -- About forks -- About silk -- All we know about strawberries -- Children's Day -- About carrier pigeons -- About coal -- Flag Day -- The Sea-gull Monument -- Fourth of July -- Mr. Irish Potato -- Old Abe, the Wisconsin War-eagle -- About clocks -- About cotton -- About coral -- The Star-Spangled Banner -- About umbrellas -- Hallowe'en -- About wolves -- How Thanksgiving came -- Christmas. Charlene Taylor and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "Really So Stories" by Elizabeth Gordon is a collection of children's stories likely written in the early 20th century. The book features a boy named Billy who seeks knowledge about the origins of various customs, holidays, and historical facts. Each tale is designed to be both entertaining and educational, blending storytelling with factual information. At the start of the book, we are introduced to Billy, who prefers to hear real stories rather than fictional ones. He is curious about how the New Year is determined and how traditions began, leading to a magical encounter with the embodiment of the New Year. This conversation reveals the history of calendar systems and customs surrounding New Year celebrations across different cultures, setting the tone for the ensuing stories that Billy shares with his companion, Somebody. The stories promise to offer children insights into the meanings behind holidays and various significant events in a way that sparks curiosity and understanding. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/reallysostories00gord/page/n5/mode/2up 20210725160106gordon 1924 US Reading ease score: 76.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Children's literature Holidays -- Juvenile literature PZ Text Category: Short Stories Category: Children & Young Adult Reading 210562 2025-06-27T08:52:01.747689 text/html 181237 2024-10-19T00:35:37 text/html 8163428 2025-06-27T08:52:11.389633 application/epub+zip 8162282 2025-06-27T08:52:04.914599 application/epub+zip 261761 2025-06-27T08:52:03.199678 application/epub+zip 8703510 2025-06-27T08:52:15.800569 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 8533132 2025-06-27T08:52:09.752625 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 797191 2022-10-01T00:15:45.905606 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 160476 2025-06-27T08:52:00.739649 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 140497 2024-10-19T00:35:37 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17683 2025-06-27T08:52:15.972553 application/rdf+xml 27442 2025-06-27T08:52:03.407649 image/jpeg 4093 2025-06-27T08:52:03.301648 image/jpeg 9059323 2025-06-27T08:52:02.040676 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog