Etyomology

So I enjoy home schooling.  One of the things I love is my kids' journals.  I have recently started coming up with topics for them to write about.  Today's topic was this:

What do you think the entomology of the phrase “butt crack of dawn” is? If you don’t know what entomology means, look it up.

**Chesna pointed out that I wrote the wrong word. In fact, I did not mean the study of insects, but the study of the origin of words. I guess she should be the teacher some days. :) **

And here's Moses' response:

I think the phrase but crack of dawn came in the Renaissance. People were looking for a word that could mean getting up early and they didn't want to use at the crack of dawn because that is just flat out lame. So they sat there day and night wondering if they would ever find out what to use and then it came. A guy walked into the room butt crack naked at three o'clock in the morning when the sun was just shining and someone said, "Look he is butt naked and it's the crack of dawn. I know what to call the early morning phrase. Butt crack of dawn would be perfect." They discussed it for days and days and then finally they took their phrases to the judge and asked if they could make the early morning phrase butt crack of dawn. At first he didn't like it but then he said that is a great name . So there you have it: the butt crack of dawn. But people are still wondering why the guy came down the stairs naked. The world will never know how this word came to be and the naked guy will be forever humiliated.

This kid cracks me up!