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The Village Blacksmith. " The Village Blacksmith " is a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, first published in 1840. The poem describes a local blacksmith and his daily life. The blacksmith serves as a role model who balances his job with the role he plays with his family and community. Years after its publication, a tree mentioned in the poem ...
The house was built in 1808 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. It was built for blacksmith Torrey Hancock, who sold the home in 1827 to fellow blacksmith Dexter Pratt. Pratt worked there until his death in 1847; his widow lived there until her death in 1858. [2] It was then passed on to the couple's married daughter ...
Krakatoa. Krakatoa (/ ˌkrɑːkəˈtoʊə, ˌkræk -/), also transcribed Krakatau (/- ˈtaʊ /), is a caldera [1] in the Sunda Strait between the islands of Java and Sumatra in the Indonesian province of Lampung. The caldera is part of a volcanic island group (Krakatoa archipelago) comprising four islands. Two of them are known as Lang and ...
The kris or keris is a distinctive, asymmetrical dagger from the Indonesian island of Java. Both weapon and spiritual object, the kris is considered to possess magical powers. The earliest known kris goes back to the tenth century and spread from the island of Java throughout Southeast Asia. The kris (Javanese: ꦏꦿꦶꦱ꧀) or keris[n 1] is ...
Funnily nicknamed ‘Sea Parrot’, ‘Penguin of the North’ or even ‘Clown of the Sea’, these cute little birds come crashing down each year (in late August or September) on streets and ...
Kyle Konrardy made a 54-yard field goal with six seconds left to give Iowa State a 20-19 victory over No. 21 Iowa on Saturday, only the Cyclones' third victory in the last 11 games against the ...
Good dietary sources of magnesium include nuts, seeds, legumes, whole grains, fruits such as bananas and avocados, and dark, leafy greens such as spinach. Magnesium is also added as a nutrient to ...
Silent (English intertitles) The Village Blacksmith is a 1922 American silent melodrama [5] [6] film directed by John Ford and produced and distributed by Fox Film Corporation. One of the eight reels survives at the UCLA Film and Television Archive, and therefore the film is considered to be lost. [7] [8] It was loosely adapted from the poem of ...