Did You Know? - It's A Horsey Year

The year 2014 is the year of a Horse according to the Chinese calendar. I am not going to tell you anything about the Chinese zodiac, let ⊱ Mickey ⊰ tells you about that, but I want to share with you some facts and maybe folly facts about horse. We have to admit that a horse is really one of the most elegant and magnificent animals. 

Did You Know?

1. Idioms/Phrases/Proverbs related to horse

A horse plays an important role through out the history of human kind. They had been domesticated for over 5000 years, thus there was no wonder that they were many idioms and phrases related to the horse.

a. Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

This means to be ungrateful to someone who gives you something. The origin of this idiom can be traced back to St. Jerome who first uttered the phrase. This phrase is related to the value of a horse which is determined through its teeth. A horse value usually is based by its age. And, a horse's age is determined by checking through the prominence of their teeth. Therefore, when you're looking at a horse's teeth, it can be deemed that you're judging a gift of a horse by the horse's age. Ultimately, the phrase in a sense saying, the thoughts that count. So even if the gift is not so valuable, we should appreciate it.

b. Wild horses couldn't drag someone away

This mean that nothing can persuade someone from something, or someone is determined to remain with something. This proverb maybe originated from medieval torture of using horses to stretch prisoners to force them to confess.  

c. You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.

This proverb is really meaningful. It meant that you can give someone with an opportunity, but unfortunately, you can't force him/her to take advantage of the opportunity. It's one of the oldest English proverbs that is still being in used today. It's recorded as early as in 1175 in Old English Homilies.

2. A Horse Is Measured In Hands

The measurement of hands to determine the height of a horse can be traced back to ancient Egyptian. A hand is approximately about four inches, which is an average width of an adult male's hand. Thus, if a horse is said to be 14.2 HH (hand high) it meant that the horse is 14 hands and 2 inches, which is equivalent to 58 inches (14 x 4 inches + 2 inches). Please click on this link on how to measure a horse. 

3. A Horse Age in Comparison to Human

According to Equine Resources International, a horse aged about 6.5 years for each human year, until it reaches puberty. However, once a horse reaches the age of four, the rate slows to 2.5 years for each human years. This is the chart of horse age in comparison to human age.

Horse AgeStage of LifeHuman AgeStage of Life
1Foal, Weanling, Yearling6.5InfancyBabyhoodToddlerhood, Preschooler
2Two Year Old13Adolesence/Puberty,
3Three Year Old18Teenager
4Four Year Old20.5Young Adult
5Physcial Maturity24.5Adulthood
728
1035.5
13Middle Aged43.5Middle Aged
1753
20Senior60Senior
2470.5
2778
30Extreme Old Age85.5
3393
36100.5

I know it's too early to wish all of you a "Happy Horse Year", but who cares, right?  LOL. Enjoy ushering your 2014, and don't forget to put on your horseshoe on and gallop merrily.

My other Did You Know? series:-

1. Did You Know?;  2. Continuation;  3. Another Continuation;  4. Not Another Continuation!; 5. Gosh! Will It Never Ends?;  6. Oh No! Not Another One!;  7. Here Comes Another One;  8. Another One?;  9. One, Two, Eighty Six?; 10. Punishment? OMG!; 11. Is This A Swan Song?;  12 John Has It All?; 13. It's All In The Myth;  14. This Is Random;  15. It's A Dog's World;  16.  It's Also A Cat's World;  17. Is It A Mouse World Too?;  18. Dutch Flavour;  19. It's The Greek Flavour;  20. It's All Greek;  21. All That Gold

 

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  • noa, 

    In this phase I will analyze 3 series together:

    1-Formula One Experiences.

    2-My Traveling Experiences.

    3-Did You Know.

    so let's start .....

    ...............................................................................................................

    Formula One Experiences

    1-Working with Formula One                 240 views
    2-My Formula One Diary                       151 views
    3-My Formula One Diary - Day Two         82 views
    4-My Formula One Diary - Day Three        98 views
    5-My Formula One Diary - Race Day        223 views

    .......................                              .....................

    Total:                                                   794 views

    Average:                                               159 views

    ..................                                   ......................

    Most viewed:

    1-Working with Formula One                 240 views

    5-My Formula One Diary - Race Day        223 views

    ...........................................................................

    Least viewed:

    3-My Formula One Diary - Day Two         82 views

    4-My Formula One Diary - Day Three        98 views

    .............................................................................

    To sum up:

    -Total views "794 views"

    -Average views "159 views"

    -Most viewed "240 views"

    -Least viewed " 82 views"

    ...............................................................................................

    My Traveling Experiences

    1-Kathmandu - The Hidden Valley of Himalaya                             304 views
    2-My European Adventure                                                        255 views
    3-The Kinabalu Mountain - My Crazy and Outrageous Journey         267 views
    4-My Jakarta Holidays                                                             410 views
    5-My Perth Diary : Day One 29th Dec 2013                                  252 views
    6-My Perth Diary : Day Two 30th Dec 2013                                  325 views
    7-My Perth Diary : Day Three 31st Dec 2013                                198 views
    8-My Perth Diary : Day Four 1st Jan 2014                                    126 views
    9-My Perth Diary : Day Five 2nd Jan 2014                                    136 views
    10-My Perth Diary : Final Day 3rd and 4th Jan 2014                        360 views

    .........................................................................                ...................

    Total:                                                                                    2633 views

    Average:                                                                                 263 views

    ..........................................................................                ...................

    Most Viewed:

    4-My Jakarta Holidays                                                                410 views

    10-My Perth Diary : Final Day 3rd and 4th Jan 2014                         360 views

    6-My Perth Diary : Day Two 30th Dec 2013                                    325 views

    1-Kathmandu - The Hidden Valley of Himalaya                                 304 views

    ...........................................................................                ......................

    Least viewed:

    8-My Perth Diary : Day Four 1st Jan 2014                                       126 views

    9-My Perth Diary : Day Five 2nd Jan 2014                                       136 views

    7-My Perth Diary : Day Three 31st Dec 2013                                   198 views

    ............................................................................                ......................

    To sum up:

    -Total view " 2633 views"

    -Average view " 263 views"

    -Most viewed "410 views"

    -Least viewed "126 views"

    ....................................................................................................................

    Did You Know

    1-Did You Know?                                                       948 views
    2-Did You Know - Continuation                                    565 views
    3-Did You Know - Another Continuation                         439 views
    4-Did You Know - Not Another Continuation!                  198 views
    5-Did You Know - Gosh! Will it never ends?                    346 views
    6-Did You Know? - Oh No! Not Another One!                   567 views
    7-Did You Know? - Here Comes Another One                  303 views
    8-Did You Know - Another One?                                    535views
    9-Did You Know? - One, Two, Eighty Six?                       437 views
    10-Did You Know? - Punishment? OMG!                          337 views
    11-Did You Know? - Is this a Swan Song?                      246 views
    12-Did You Know? - John has it all?                               906 views
    13-Did You Know? - It's all in the Myth!                         367 views
    14-Did You Know? - This is Random                               212 views
    15-Did You Know? - It's a Dog's World                           366 views
    16-Did You Know? - It's Also a Cat's World                     460 views
    17-Did You Know? - Is it A Mouse World Too?                 973 views
    18-Did You Know? - Dutch Flavour                                204 views
    19-Did You Know? - It's The Greek Flavour                      158 views
    20-Did You Know? - It's All Greek                                  297 views
    21-Did You Know? - All That Gold                                  342 views
    22-Did You Know? - It's A Horsey Year                           715 views

    .................................................................          ......................

    Total:                                                                       9921 views

    Average:                                                                    451 views

    ................................................................           .......................

    Most viewed:

    17-Did You Know? - Is it A Mouse World Too?                  973 views

    1-Did You Know?                                                        948 views

    12-Did You Know? - John has it all?                                906 views

    ................................................................          ..........................

    Least viewed:

    19-Did You Know? - It's The Greek Flavour                      158 views

    4-Did You Know - Not Another Continuation!                    198 views

    ................................................................          ............................

    To sum up:

    -Total views " 9921 views"

    -Average views " 451 views"

    -Most viewed "973 views"

    -Least viewed "158 views"

    ..........................................................................................................

    Formula One Experiences   VS    My Traveling Experiences   VS   Did You Know

               Formula One Experiences   My Traveling Experiences      Did You Know

    Total:               794 views                         2633 views            9921 views                

    Average:           159 views                          263 views             451 views

    Most viewed:      240 views                         410 views             973 views

    Least viewed:      82 views                          126 views             158 views

    ...................................................................................................

    Observation:

    - The average of "Did you know" is greater than "My traveling E." while it is about three times greater than "Formula one E.".

    -Most views blog in "Did you know"  got about four times more than what "Formula one" got.

    while "Did you know" got around two times views more than "My traveling E."

    -Least viewed blog in "Did you know" got views more than "My traveling E." and twice views of "Formula one".

    Interesting observations:

    -The average of "Did you know" blogs  is greater than the Most viewed blogs of "formula one" and "My travelling E."

    Even the most viewed blogs in "Formula one" and "My traveling E." failed to achieve the average rate of 'Did you know".

    -The least viewed "Did you know" blog got around the same views as the average of "formula one"blogs.

    .............................................................................................................................

    Conclusion

    -"Did you know" is a very successful series if it compared with "Formula one" and "My traveling E." series.

    -Even the most viewed blogs in "Formula one" and "My traveling E." failed to achieve the average rate of 'Did you know".

    -"Did you know" series is an informative series that gives a few pieces of information in each of its blogs while "formula one" and "My Traveling E." series are Diaries series. It seems that EC members prefer to read informative series than Diaries series.

     

  • Done collecting data :p

  • 22-Did You Know? - It's A Horsey Year ... 715 views 

  • noa, be ready for the 2nd phase of analyzing :p

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