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2. Polterabend - Wikipedia

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   Polterabend (Polish: pultrować) is a German and to a lesser extent Polish, Austrian and Swiss wedding custom in which, on the night before the wedding, the guests break porcelain to bring luck to the couple's marriage. The belief in the effectiveness of this custom is expressed by the old adage: "Shards bring luck" (German: Scherben bringen ...

3. Wikipedia:Requested articles/Arts and entertainment

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   Nailhead trim (A type of decorative detail used in upholstery, rows of closely spaced metal studs or nails with decorative heads [mostly brass or nickel, usually antique-finished] hammered into the frame of the furniture.) (A good starting reference for the history would be the 1987 Book Upholstery in America & Europe: From the Seventeenth ...

4. Jewellery - Wikipedia

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   Bai-De-Schluch-A-Ichin or Be-Ich-Schluck-Ich-In-Et-Tzuzzigi (Slender Silversmith) "Metal Beater," Navajo silversmith, photo by George Ben Wittick, 1883 Native American jewellery is the personal adornment, often in the forms of necklaces, earrings, bracelets, rings, pins, brooches, labrets, and more, made by the Indigenous peoples of the United ...

5. List of American Pickers episodes - Wikipedia

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   Mike and Frank head towards an inherited old farm in Missouri with plenty of promise that delivers with a Schwinn Sting-Ray bicycle but the guys buy a block and tackle, coffee tin can, salt-glazed ceramic pot, scale model Volkswagen Beetle with a bar inside, John Bull train motion lamp, and several signs: 1960s Kawasaki dealership, Town Crier ...

6. List of Pawn Stars episodes - Wikipedia

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   Pawn Stars is an American reality television series that premiered on History on July 19, 2009. The series is filmed in Las Vegas, Nevada, where it chronicles the activities at the World Famous Gold & Silver Pawn Shop, a 24-hour family business operated by patriarch Richard "Old Man" Harrison, his son Rick Harrison, Rick's son Corey "Big Hoss" Harrison, and Corey's childhood friend, Austin ...

7. Umbrella - Wikipedia

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   Parts of an umbrella [2]. The word parasol is a combination of the Latin parare, and sol, meaning 'sun'. [3] Parapluie (French) similarly consists of para combined with pluie, which means 'rain' (which in turn derives from pluvia, the Latin word for rain); the usage of this word was prevalent in the nineteenth century.

8. Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/April 2006 ...

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   Use a picture of Andrew Flintoff :) --Robert Merkel 00:48, 3 April 2006 (UTC) Deserts thrive in those conditions! You can use desert pictures. :-) -LambaJan 02:53, 3 April 2006 (UTC) How about a good animal symbol, like a rat or a cockroach? alteripse 11:41, 3 April 2006 (UTC) A picture of Bo Jackson?

9. Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Featured log/August ...

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   for most of those, it was a matter of trying to place the illustration "fairly" near the text. Even if I moved it to the middle of a section, the picture often "appeared" right under or beside the heading. Auntieruth55 16:31, 17 August 2009 (UTC) That's ok with me, this isn't a big enough concern to oppose over.