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Carrying on the head is a common practice in many parts of the world as an alternative to carrying a burden on the back, shoulders and so on. People have carried burdens balanced on top of the head since ancient times, usually to do daily work, but sometimes in religious ceremonies or as a feat of skill, such as in certain dances.
A head on a spike (also described as a head on a pike, a head on a stake, or a head on a spear) is a severed head that has been vertically impaled for display. This has been a custom in a number of cultures, typically either as part of a criminal penalty following execution or as a war trophy following a violent conflict.
Went home and put a bullet through his head. " Richard Cory " is a narrative poem written by Edwin Arlington Robinson . It was first published in 1897, as part of The Children of the Night , having been completed in July of that year; and it remains one of Robinson's most popular and anthologized poems. [ 2 ]
In point of fact, the question has never been found in this form…. (p. 284) Peter Harrison (2016) has suggested that the first reference to angels dancing on a needle's point occurs in an expository work by an English priest, William Sclater (1575–1626) [10] in his An Exposition with Notes upon the First Epistle to the Thessalonians (1619 ...
Thumbing one's nose, also known as cocking a snook, [1] is a sign of derision, disrespect, contempt, or defiance, made by putting the thumb on the nose, holding the palm open and perpendicular to the face, and wiggling the remaining fingers. [2] [3] It is used mostly by schoolchildren. It is also known as thumbing the nose, Anne's Fan or Queen ...
Ap (water), a Vedic Sanskrit term; ap, a classical abbreviation for ad pedes or aedilitia potestate; AP, a classification symbol for an auxiliary of the United States Navy; AP and variants, several medical abbreviations; A&P mechanic, an aircraft maintenance technician with airframe and powerplant ratings
"For anybody out there still on their journey, still struggling to find their way, whatever it is that you do: Just because it hasn't happened doesn't mean it isn't happening," Moore said.
Hindu woman in Kullu, Himachal Pradesh wearing a bindi. A bindi (from Sanskrit bindú meaning "point, drop, dot or small particle") [1] [2] is a coloured dot or, in modern times, a sticker worn on the centre of the forehead, originally by Hindus, Jains and Buddhists from the Indian subcontinent.