This informative post will be posted on Saturday along with my usual writing. We can all appreciate some of the lesser known facts from around the world.
In the twelfth century, modern tennis was born when monks introduced a racquet into the handball game that they played against monastery walls. The name came later, however, when French nobility latched onto the sport and their servants took to calling “tenez” (which translates to “hold on” or “take heed”) just before the ball was tossed into play.
The man who gave Jack Russell terriers their name was Reverend John “Jack” Russell, an English clergyman who bred dogs as a hobby. Although he developed the eponymous fox terrier offshoot in the 1800s, the breed wasn’t recognized by the American Kennel Club until 1997.
These facts have been discovered in I NEVER KNEW THAT by David Hoffman (2009).
Big Sky Buckeye 
I enjoy details like these. Thank you. i enjoyed your sharing.
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Suzette, thank you for reading and affirming your interest. This post has become a welcome addition to my Saturday publications.
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Thank-you!
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Fascinating origin of tennis!
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I agree. Even a monk needs to exercise. I never really got into tennis (chasing down a small, fuzzy ball).
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I use to hit tennis ball pass the school tennis lot and unto the freeway…I wasn’t very good at it lol
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Sounds like you were playing baseball with a racket and a tennis ball. Swing away and it’s going, going . . . gone!
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hahaha what a way of putting it; yeah I ‘m not good with ball
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