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From the term "hobby horse" came the expression "to ride one's hobby-horse", meaning "to follow a favourite pastime", and in turn, the modern sense of the term hobby. [59] The term is also connected to the draisine, a forerunner of the bicycle, invented by Baron Karl von Drais. In 1818, a London coach-maker named Denis Johnson began producing ...
The Mari Lwyd. The Mari Lwyd (Welsh: Y Fari Lwyd, [1] [ə ˈvaːri ˈlʊi̯d] ⓘ) is a wassailing folk custom founded in South Wales and elsewhere. The tradition entails the use of an eponymous hobby horse which is made from a horse's skull mounted on a pole and carried by an individual hidden under a sheet.
William Wallace Denslow's illustrations for a variant of Ride a cock horse, from a 1901 edition of Mother Goose. A hobby horse (or hobby-horse) is a child's toy horse. Children played at riding a wooden hobby horse made of a straight stick with a small horse's head (of wood or stuffed fabric), and perhaps reins, attached to one end.
The Hobby Horse was "the first 1880s periodical to introduce the British Arts & Crafts viewpoint to a European audience and to treat printing as a serious design form." [ 6 ] The Hobby Horse was revolutionary- the printing techniques that were used were ahead of their time and were what helped art enter, survive and even flourish in the ...
Hobby horsing is a hobby with gymnastic elements which uses hobby horses, also known as stick horses. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Movement sequences similar to those in show jumping or dressage are partly simulated in courses, without real horses being used.
Denise Holly Hobbie (née Ulinskas; [1]: 102 born 1944) is an American writer, watercolorist [2]: 127 and illustrator. [3] She is best known for creating the American Greetings character which, originally unnamed, is now also called Holly Hobbie.
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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 1 February 2025. American international toy, clothing and baby product retailer For the Canadian and British expansions, see Toys "R" Us Canada and Toys "R" Us UK. Toys "R" Us Logo used since 2007 Company type Subsidiary Industry Retail Founded April 1948 ; 76 years ago (1948-04) Washington, D.C ...