Origins of sayings #1 – Everyone wants a piece of him

A number of popular sayings derive from death and funerals.  One such is the saying ‘Everyone wants a piece of him’.  This is a surprisingly ancient saying dating back 800 years. Here’s how it happened.  When Richard I (Lionheart) died, his entrails were interred in the central French town of Chalus, where he died in a […]

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