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  2. Sailor tattoos - Wikipedia

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    Drawings of tattoos, including initials, hearts, and an anchor, recorded in protection papers [5]: 529 There is a persistent myth that tattoos on European sailors originated with Captain James Cook's crew, who were tattooed in Tahiti in 1769, but Cook brought only the word tattoo to Europeans, not the practice itself.

  3. Cornish symbols - Wikipedia

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    Saint Piran's Flag, a white cross on a black background is often seen in Cornwall. The Duchy of Cornwall shield of 15 gold bezants on a black field is also used. Because of these two symbols black, white and gold are considered colours symbolic of Cornwall. Saint Piran's Flag is the flag of Cornwall.

  4. Saint Piran's Flag - Wikipedia

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    Saint Piran's Flag is the negative image of the old Breton flag, a black cross on a white field. The flag of Saint David shares a black background with Saint Piran's Flag, but is surmounted by a gold, rather than a white, cross. The Standard of the Army of the Breton Duchy (An Kroaz Du) The Welsh flag of Saint David

  5. Celtic cross - Wikipedia

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    A Celtic cross symbol. The Celtic cross is a form of Christian cross featuring a nimbus or ring that emerged in Ireland, France and Great Britain in the Early Middle Ages.A type of ringed cross, it became widespread through its use in the stone high crosses erected across the islands, especially in regions evangelised by Irish missionaries, from the ninth through the 12th centuries.

  6. History of tattooing - Wikipedia

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    Men of tattoo communities are expected to be "heavily tattooed", meaning there are many tattoos which cover multiple parts of the body, and express aggressive or masculine images, such as skulls, zombies, or dragons. Women, on the other hand, are expected to be "lightly tattooed".

  7. Celtic art - Wikipedia

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    Also covered by the term is the visual art of the Celtic Revival (on the whole more notable for literature) from the 18th century to the modern era, which began as a conscious effort by Modern Celts, mostly in the British Isles, to express self-identification and nationalism, and became popular well beyond the Celtic nations, and whose style is ...

  8. Jim Fitzpatrick (artist) - Wikipedia

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    Jim Fitzpatrick was born in December 1944 to James and Elizabeth Fitzpatrick (née O'Connor). His parents had married in the north Dublin suburb of Cabra in June 1943. . During a period of childhood sickness, Fitzpatrick read and drew in bed, as well as his mother and great-aunt telling him stories of the Tuatha Dé Danann, Cú Chulainn and Fionn MacCumhai

  9. Claddagh ring - Wikipedia

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    Galway has produced Claddagh rings continuously since at least 1700, [3] but the name "Claddagh ring" was not used before the 1830s. [5] [8] [9] Although there are various myths and legends around the origin of the Claddagh ring, it is almost certain that it originated in or close to the small fishing village of Claddagh in Galway.