Last year alone the IRS had 99,123 refund checks totaling $153 million-an average of over $1500 per taxpayer-returned by the post office as undeliverable, due to unreported changes of name and/or address.
It originates from the old English word 'chirie' and it is either occupational and and as such describes a grower or seller of cherries, or it may have been a medieval nickname of endearment for somebody with rosy cheeks or even red hair.
Reiter recently put some hard science behind the cherry folklore. He conducted a five-month study and found that tart cherries contain significant amounts of melatonin â a hormone produced in the brainâs pineal gland that has been credited with slowing the aging process, and fighting insomnia and jet lag.