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Fleming Island was an area of Florida settled by Irish immigrant, George Fleming (1760-1821), who received a 1,000-acre land grant from the Spanish governor of East Florida for his military service. [4] In 1790 George Fleming established a plantation called "Hibernia" (in what is now Hibernia, Florida), after the Latin word for Ireland. [4]
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Eye splices from Carl Smith's 1899 Båtseglareordbok [1] Eye splice from Alpheus Hyatt Verrill's 1917 Knots, Splices and Rope Work [2]. The eye splice is a method of creating a permanent loop (an "eye") in the end of a rope by means of rope splicing.
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Netherlandish Proverbs (Dutch: Nederlandse Spreekwoorden; also called Flemish Proverbs, The Blue Cloak or The Topsy Turvy World) is a 1559 oil-on-oak-panel painting by Pieter Bruegel the Elder that depicts a scene in which humans and, to a lesser extent, animals and objects, offer literal illustrations of Dutch-language proverbs and idioms.
Crown and Anchor stall at Battle of Flowers funfair in Jersey. The game originated in the 18th century. [citation needed]It is still popular in the Channel Islands and Bermuda, but is strictly controlled and may be played legally only on certain occasions, such as the Channel Islands' agricultural shows or annual Liberation Day celebrations [1] [2] or Bermuda's annual Cup Match cricket game.
The word derives from Old French demeine, ultimately from Latin dominus, "lord, master of a household" – demesne is a variant of domaine. [3] [4]The word barton, which is historically synonymous to demesne and is an element found in many place-names, can refer to a demesne farm: it derives from Old English bere and ton ().
The Coast Guard determined that the light was no longer needed and deactivated it in 1984. The site was eventually turned over to the State of Florida and added to Anclote Key Preserve State Park. As of 2003 the lighthouse has been restored and relighted using a reproduction fourth-order Fresnel lens. Anclote Key is accessible only by boat. [4 ...