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Lovers' initials carved into trees. Carving names and initials into trees is a common practice among lovers ; the carvings can last for decades, as a symbol of the permanence of the couple's love. This practice would appear to date back up to the classical era , with Callimachus writing in his Aetia , "But graven on your bark may ye bear such ...
The tree is regarded as the one on which Gregory Blaxland, William Lawson and William Charles Wentworth, the explorers who achieved the first known successful crossing of the Blue Mountains of New South Wales by European settlers, carved their initials in 1813. [1] [2] The claim is not universally supported however.
The tree stands high above the creek, on the southern bank of the Bulloo Bulloo waterhole. [1] Brahe cut two blazes into this tree in 1861. On the creek side of the trunk "B/LXV" denotes Brahe and Camp 65 in Roman numerals. On an upstream-side limb "DEC 6.60 APR 21.61" marks the date of establishment of the camp, and that of Brahe's departure.
However, the tree at Camp 65 became known as the "Dig Tree" from at least 1912. [ 29 ] In 1899, John Dick carved a likeness of Burke's face in a nearby tree along with his initials, his wife's initials and the date.
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English: Graffiti formed by carving letters into the trunk of a tree, creating a scar in the bark. Found on a wooded road on the outskirts of a neighborhood in Maryland. This grafitti is undated, but other graffiti on this tree dates back at least as far as the 1970s
Our country's pumpkin-carving history began with a spooky tale. The post The History of Jack-o-Lanterns and How They Became a Halloween Tradition appeared first on Reader's Digest.
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