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Mount Helicon (Ancient Greek: Ἑλικών; Greek: Ελικώνας) is a mountain in the region of Thespiai in Boeotia, Greece, [1] celebrated in Greek mythology.With an altitude of 1,749 metres (5,738 ft), it is located approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) from the north coast of the Gulf of Corinth.
Crest: A young eagle perched and looking up to the sun in splendour all Proper Motto: Non degener [Latin, 'Not degenerate'] Chief: none, armigerous clan: Kinnaird Crest: A crescent arising from a cloud having a star issuing from between its horns, all within two branches of palm disposed in orle Proper. [164]
The word "crest" derives from the Latin crista, meaning "tuft" or "plume", perhaps related to crinis, "hair". [1] Crests had existed in various forms since ancient times: Roman officers wore fans of feathers or horsehair, which were placed longitudinally or transversely depending on the wearer's rank, [ 2 ] and Viking helmets were often adorned ...
Helicon (instrument), a brass musical instrument in the tuba family; Helicon Mountain, studio of Jools Holland; Helicon, a 1977 album by The Four Seasons; Helicon Records, a record label founded in Israel in 1985 "New Paths to Helicon, Pt. 1" and "New Paths to Helicon, Pt. 2", songs by the Scottish post-rock band Mogwai
Earl Henry Hamner Jr. (July 10, 1923 – March 24, 2016) was an American television writer and producer (sometimes credited as Earl Hamner), best known for his work in the 1970s and 1980s as the creator of two long-running series, The Waltons and Falcon Crest.
The name "McBride" or "MacBride" is an Irish surname, the English spelling for the Irish name "Mac Giolla Bhríde". The surname is also found in Scotland, and is the anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Brighde, from earlier Mac Giolla Bhrighde (Irish), Mac Gille Brighde (Scottish) ‘son of the servant of (Saint) Brighid’.
Since 1974, the palace has housed the independent Helikon Palace Museum; it is visited by 200,000 people each year. The great book collection remaining in the palace is the only substantial aristocratic library now surviving in Hungary. Portraits of the Festetics family, including some in tartans, are also still in the palace.
The first are tributaries to the latter, which falls into the Dee at Banchory-Teran, where the channel, wild and rocky, shaded by mountain pine, birch, and copsewood, presents a singularly romantic appearance. (Jervise p. 4) The name of STRACHAN is derived from three Gaelic words: The Gaelic word "strath" meaning "broad valley;"