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Yellow Jack War, 1756–1763). It is often sung patriotically in the United States today and is the state anthem of Connecticut. The first verse and refrain, as often sung today, runs: Yankee Doodle went to town, Riding on a pony; He stuck a feather in his hat, And called it macaroni. Traditions place its origin in a pre-Revolutionary War song originally sung by British military officers to mock the disheveled, disorganized colonial Yankees with whom they served in the French and Indian War. As a term Doodle first appeared in the early 17th century, and is thought to derive from the Low German dudel or dödel, meaning “fool” or “simpleton”. The Macaroni wig was an extreme fashion in the 1770s and became contemporary slang for foppishness. Yellow Jack (Am sl) – (мед.) жёлтая лихорадка Slang term for Yellow fever. An acute viral hemorrhagic disease. The yellow fever virus is transmitted by the bite of female mosquitoes (the yellow fever mosquito), and is found in tropical and subtropical areas in South America and Africa, but not in Asia. The origin of the disease is most likely to be Africa, from where it was introduced to South America through the slave trade in the 16th century. Since the 17th century, several major epidemics of the disease have been recorded in the Americas, Africa and Europe. In the 19th century, yellow fever was deemed one of the most dangerous infectious diseases. In some patients, liver damage with jaundice (a yellow color in the skin, giving the name of the disease) can occur and lead to death. Yeti – Йети, «снежный человек» The Yeti or Abominable Snowman is an ape-like cryptid said to inhabit the Himalayan region of Nepal, and Tibet. The names Yeti and Meh-Teh are commonly used by the people indigenous to the region, and are part of their history and mythology. Stories of the Yeti first emerged as a facet of 176