Distaff
Distaff Lady spinning Flax from a distaff As a noun, a distaff is a tool used in spinning. It ... swing freely from the wrist. The term distaff is also used as an adjective and ... for a female grouping (e.g., the "distaff side" of a person's family ...
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Distaff day
Distaff day Distaff Day, also called Roc Day, is 7 ... after the twelve days of Christmas. The distaff, used in spinning, was the mediaeval symbol ... groups have taken up the celebration of Distaff day as part of their new year ...
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Humana Distaff Handicap
Humana Distaff Handicap The Humana Distaff Handicap is a race for thoroughbred fillies ... event. Past Winners Winners of the Humana Distaff over the last five years are: 2005 ...
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Breeders' Cup Distaff
Breeders' Cup Distaff The Breeders' Cup Distaff is a Weight for Age Thoroughbred horse ...
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Distaff Breeders' Cup Handicap
Distaff Breeders' Cup Handicap The Distaff Breeders' Cup Handicap is a race for ... sprint distance. Past Winners Winners of the Distaff Breeders' Cup Handicap in the past five ...
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Weaving (mythology)
... adopts the national costume of Romania, with distaff and spindle. Weaving begins with spinning. Until ... 14th century, all spinning was done with distaff and spindle (see those entries for technical details and history). In English the "distaff side" denotes a woman's role in ... Orion's belt are Friggjar rockr, "Frigga’s distaff". In pre-Dynastic Egypt, nt, (Neith) was ... is the art of spinning on the distaff the thread of life. Ariadne, a ...
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Anti-Tom literature
... Tom books are The Sword and the Distaff by William Gilmore Simms and The Planter ... Lee Hentz. Simms' The Sword and the Distaff came out only a few months after ... Tom genre are: The Sword and the Distaff by William Gilmore Simms Uncle Tom's ... Complete Text of The Sword and the Distaff by William Gilmore Simms References "An Overview ...
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Emperor of Ethiopia
... commonly do not acknowledge claims from the distaff side. The claim of descent from Menelik ... to have been descended from Solomonids in distaff side). After his defeat and demise, another ... took over as Yohannes IV - however, his distaff descent from Solomonids was a well-attested ... power. After Menelik, all monarchs were of distaff descent from Solomonids. The male line, through ...
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LOOM
... protagonist, Bobbin Threadbare, can play on his distaff. Each draft is a spell that has ... the "Expert" level does not mark the distaff and is played solely by ear. In ... products of the Shepherds, claims the Weavers' distaff to rule the world with an army ... as he is in possession of his distaff (for spinning the threads that make up ...
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Category:American Graded Stakes Races
... Green Handicap Breeders' Cup Classic Breeders' Cup Distaff Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf Breeders' Cup ... Del Mar Oaks Demoiselle Stakes Diana Handicap Distaff Breeders' Cup Handicap Donn Handicap Dwyer Stakes ... Turf Cup Stakes Hopeful Stakes(USA) Humana Distaff Handicap Hutcheson Stakes J Jamaica Handicap Jerome ...
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