Poor Rachel…

Dude, now Rachel’s got the chicken pox. Dang.

 Jerusha asked why they’re called, “Chicken Pox”, so I did a little research (over break! Aren’t you proud of me?)

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People long ago felt the chicken pox looked like chick peas placed upon the skin. The Latin word for chick peas is cicer which is the original word that chicken pox got its name.

So you see, chicken pox has nothing to do with chickens, but the red bumps you have on your body were once thought to look like the vegetable called chick peas.

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Bleh. Feel better, sissies!

~ by Bethany on January 4, 2007.