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The Lincoln Imp at Lincoln College Oxford is a reference to the origins of the college, Lincoln. This has given rise to a traditional Oxford expression: 'to look on someone like the Imp looks over Lincoln' (a variant of the older proverb discussed above) as well as giving rise to the title of the college's undergraduate newspaper: The Lincoln ...
A statue of the Lincoln Imp inside the medieval Lincoln Cathedral in Lincoln, England.It has now become a symbol of the city. A legend in Lincolnshire dating to the 14th-century recounts that the devil, being annoyed with the completion of the cathedral, paid a visit, accompanied by two imps who proceeded to wreak havoc in the building.
The Lincoln Imp A carving in the Angel Choir is known as the Lincoln Imp, and since the late nineteenth century it has become the symbol of the city. [ 27 ] [ 28 ] The carving dates from the 13th century [ 29 ] but received little attention until the late 19th century, when it figured in Arnold Frost's poem, "The Ballad of the Wind, the Devil ...
The flag of the historic county of Lincolnshire The Lincoln Imp high above the choir on the southern side of Lincoln Cathedral. The unofficial anthem of the county is the traditional folk song, "The Lincolnshire Poacher", which dates from around 1776. A version of the song was the theme for BBC Radio Lincolnshire for many years.
Lincoln Imps (see Lincoln Imp), Impotents (pejorative), Missing Links Lincolnshire Yellow Bellies (after a species of frog common in the Lincolnshire and East Anglian Fens) [32] Linlithgow Black Bitches, from the burgh coat of arms Lichfield Bitchy Litches Lingfield Ding-a-Lings Littleborough Little Buggers (not necessarily pejorative ...
Abraham Lincoln in 1863. Address of the International Working Men's Association to Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States of America is a letter written by Karl Marx between November 22 to 29, 1864 that was addressed to then-United States President Abraham Lincoln by United States Ambassador Charles Francis Adams Sr. [1] The letter was written on behalf of the International Workingmen ...
Lincoln Red Imps Football Club is a professional football club from Gibraltar. [1] They play in the Gibraltar Football League , and share Victoria Stadium with all other clubs in the territory. [ 2 ]
The Lincoln Imp is a folklore legend that tells of a creature sent to England’s Lincoln Cathedral by Satan, only to be turned into stone by an angel. Lincoln–Kennedy coincidences urban legend is a list of coincidences that appeared in the mainstream American press in 1964, a year after the assassination of John F. Kennedy.