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A deerstalker. A deerstalker is a type of cap that is typically worn in rural areas, often for hunting, especially deer stalking.Because of the cap's popular association with the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, [1] it has become stereotypical headgear for a detective, especially in comical drawings or cartoons along with farcical plays and films.
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Viva La Dirt League (VLDL) are a New Zealand group of professional sketch comedy YouTubers. [2] The founding members are Rowan Bettjeman, Alan Morrison and Adam King, but their productions have featured other regular cast members such as Byron Coll, Hamish Parkinson, David Correos, Britt Scott Clark, [3] Ben Van Lier, [4] Ellie Harwood, [5] Phoenix Cross, Rhiannon McCall, Rory Nolan and Robert ...
William Hooker Gillette (July 24, 1853 – April 29, 1937) was an American actor-manager, playwright, and stage manager in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He is best remembered for portraying Sherlock Holmes on stage and in a 1916 silent film.
Deer stalkers on Glenfeshie Estate spying with telescopes, ca. 1858. Stalking is defined as pursuing or approaching stealthily, which is often necessary when approaching wild deer or the high seat overseeing the area where the deer are likely to be passing.
The deerstalker is a type of hat associated with Sherlock Holmes and Elmer Fudd. Notable for its slight rain-brim to the front and back, with a camouflage checked twill pattern and fold-down earpieces for selective warmth or to raise when listening for deer .
Paget was the first to give Holmes his deerstalker cap and Inverness cape – details never mentioned in the stories and novels. [3] The cap and cape first appear in an illustration for " The Boscombe Valley Mystery " in 1891 and reappear in " The Adventure of Silver Blaze " in 1893; they also appear in a few illustrations from The Return of ...
The German Nix and Nixe (and Nixie) are types of river merman and mermaid who may lure men into drowning, like the Scandinavian type, akin to the Melusine and similar to the Greek Siren. The German epic Nibelungenlied mentions the nix in connection with the Danube, as early as 1180 to 1210.