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Haft type. Rolled paper. A Millwall brick or bat is an improvised weapon made of a manipulated newspaper, used as a small club. It was named after supporters of Millwall F.C., who have a reputation for football hooliganism. The Millwall brick was allegedly used as a stealth weapon at football matches in England during the 1960s and 1970s.
The giants are usually hollow figures several meters tall, with a painted paper maché head and arms, the rest of the body being covered in cloth and other clothing. Their frame is usually made of wood or aluminium, with carton-pierre—a mixture of papier-mâché and plaster of paris—used to make the head and hands. The frame of the body is ...
A doily (also doiley, doilie, doyly, or doyley) is an ornamental mat, typically made of paper or fabric, and variously used for protecting surfaces or binding flowers, in food service presentation, or as a clothing ornamentation, as well as a head covering for Jewish women and Christian women. It is characterized by openwork, which allows the ...
Hexham Heads. Drawings of the Hexham Heads by Mary Hurrell of the Museum of Antiquities. The Hexham Heads were a pair of small stone heads, about 6 cm high, found in 1971 in the English town of Hexham. The heads became associated with alleged paranormal phenomena, and their exact origin is a point of controversy.
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In heraldry of the early modern period, use of a boar's head (rather than the entire animal) became a popular device. Siebmachers Wappenbuch (1605) shows a boar in the coat of arms of the Schweinichen noble family. Boars, in whole or in part, feature frequently in British heraldry. While a distinction is sometimes made between the wild animal ...
thelemonheads.net. The Lemonheads are an American alternative rock band formed in Boston in 1986 by Evan Dando, Ben Deily, and Jesse Peretz. Dando has remained the band's only constant member. [1] After their initial punk-influenced releases and tours as an independent/ college rock band in the late 1980s, the Lemonheads' popularity with a mass ...
Arms Name of Speaker and heraldic blazon Sir Thomas Gargrave, Speaker of the House 1559 Escutcheon: Lozengy Or and Sable on a bend of the first three crescents of the second. Motto: Servire Deo Regnare Est Thomas Williams, Speaker of the House 1563 Escutcheon: Sable three curlews' heads erased Argent. Crest: A curlew Argent beaked and legged Or.