Infections on the body may give rise to typical enlarging raised red rings of ringworm, infection on the skin of the feet may cause athlete's foot, and in the groin jock itch. Involvement of the nails is termed onychomycosis, and they may thicken, discolour, and finally crumble and fall off.
The 22d of May, we hear, was observed at Antigua [British Caribbean sugar island] as a day of public rejoicing on the repeal of the Stamp Act. The people of several parishes in South Carolina have also had days of rejoicing on the same occasion.
The Sugar Act: Merchants throughout the colonies complained to the Parliament that the Sugar Act hurt trade. People were furious that the act violated traditional English rights. The Stamp Act: The colonists ignored it. They boycotted all British goods.