I was both a Brownie and a Girl Scout, and I remember well why the Brownies are called that, and it certainly isn't because the Brownies are encouraged to believe in fairies, etc. It comes from the desire to be unseen servants, rather like the storytime Brownies were. For those who don't know, brownies were little sprites who would come in and do kind things for others without drawing attention to themselves. The Brownie movement was started by Daisy Lowe, who was a friend or relative of Lord Baden-Powell. Not wanting the boys to have all the fun, she began the Girl Scouts. Since this all occurred around the late 1800's, when romanticism ran deep and such stories were so popular, she named the young girls' group the Brownies. Daisy Lowe never intended that little girls be encouraged to believe in the actual existence of Brownies. They were a mascot type thing, and nothing more, an example to follow that was fun for little ones to think about imitating.<br><br>Betty Crocker is a brand name for boxed baking mixes that one bakes at home....brownies, get it? [img]http://www.the-highway.com/w3timages/icons/grin.gif" alt="grin" title="grin[/img]

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