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Peppy (from peppermint) [1] is the polar bear mascot and icon of Fox's Glacier Mints, a brand of boiled mint manufactured by Fox's Confectionery in the United Kingdom.Peppy was introduced to confectionery packaging in 1922. [2]
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Two of the stories, "The Enchanted Types" and "The Dummy That Lived," employ Knooks and Ryls, the fairies that Baum would use in The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus the next year, 1902. "The Dummy That Lived" depends upon the idea of a department-store mannequin brought to life, an early expression of an idea that would be re-used by many ...
The stories are told in the format of a series of letters, told either from the point of view of Father Christmas or his elvish secretary. They document the adventures and misadventures of Father Christmas and his helpers, including the North Polar Bear and his two sidekick cubs, Paksu and Valkotukka.
A polar bear (top) and Syrian brown bear (bottom) An animal, described as a "pale" or "white" bear, was given to Henry by Haakon IV of Norway in 1252. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The species of the animal is not known definitively, but it was most likely a polar bear ; [ 3 ] polar bears were known as white bears in Britain before the 19th century. [ 4 ]
Flambe Seated Polar Bear 1912 1936 HN122 Fantail Pigeons Unknown ~1920's HN123 Pelican, Beak up 1920s 1930s HN124 HN125 Flambe Guinea Hen Charles J Noke 1912 HN126 HN127 Cavalier King Charles Spaniel HN128 Puppy sitting with head down looking left at tail HN129 HN130 Flambe Fox (Seated, brown, 8.75" tall, LG) Charles J Noke 1913 1946 HN131 HN132
The polar bear (called "Bear") takes Cassie to an elaborate castle of ice, where she learns that he is a "munaqsri", a transporter of souls required to maintain the balance of life in nature; Bear is responsible for the souls of polar bears. Taking human form at night, Bear reveals that as his wife, she is to bear him children to become munaqsri.
Old Martin was a large grizzly bear given in 1811, when already full-sized, to George III by the Hudson's Bay Company. [1] [2] The bear was sent to the Royal Menagerie, housed at the Tower of London. Although this was the first grizzly bear in England, the king said he would rather have had been given a new tie or a pair of socks.