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Brewer's: Much

or Mudge. The miller's son, in Robin Hood dances, whose great feat was to bang with a bladder of peas the heads of the gaping spectators. Represents the Fool. Source: Dictionary of…

Craig, Edward Gordon

(Encyclopedia) Craig, Edward Gordon, 1872–1966, English scene designer, producer, and actor. The son of Ellen Terry, Gordon Craig began acting with Henry Irving's Lyceum company (1885–97). Feeling…

thistle

(Encyclopedia) thistle, popular name for many spiny and usually weedy plants, but especially applied to members of the family Asteraceae (aster family) that have spiny leaves and often showy heads of…

Ado

(Encyclopedia) AdoAdoäˈdō [key], city (1987 est. pop. 287,000), SW Nigeria. Located in a region where rice, corn, cassava, and yams are grown. Traditionally an important cotton-weaving town, Ado also…

How Much Do You Know About The Demonologists?

Ed and Lorraine Warren are famed supernatural investigators and demonologists who visited many of the most haunted places and people around the world, including the Amityville Horror House and the…

How Much Do You Know About Everest?

Located in the Himalayas, Mount Everest is the world's highest mountain above sea level. How much do you know about this amazing natural wonder?

animal husbandry

(Encyclopedia) animal husbandry, aspect of agriculture concerned with the care and breeding of domestic animals such as cattle, goats, sheep, hogs, and horses. Domestication of wild animal species…