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Deltiology is the hobby of collecting postcards.
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The first English picture post card was posted on March the 18th 1872. The hobby of collecting picture post cards originated among German hoteliers and spread through western Europe to England where it became very popular around 1900 and remained so until the 1980s when its popularity seemed to wane.
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The Falconinae are the Merlin, Hobby and Kestril sub-family of the Falconidae family of birds. They are characterised by a short, strong beak curved from the base. The upper mandible is strongly toothed, the lower notched. The nostrils are round. The tarsi is short and strong. The wings are long and pointed, with the second primary longest, the first and third equal in length and having the inner web notched near the extremity.
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Jacob Snider was a Dutch-American inventor. He died in 1866. A wine merchant in Philadelphia, his hobby was mechanics and he made a number of inventions, of which a breech-loading rifle was one. He took his rifle design to England in 1859 where it was accepted by the British government, but details of payment had not been settled by the time of his death in 1866.
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William P Hobby was an American politician. He was a Democratic governor of Texas from 1917 until 1921.
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Oology is the science of birds eggs in relation to their colouring, size, shape, and number. The term also describes the hobby of collecting eggs.
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Matt Houston is a thriller starring Lee Horsley and Pamela Hensley in a story about a rich Texan who takes up crime detection as a hobby. Matt Houston was directed by Richard Lang in 1982.
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The Thomas Crown Affair is a crime drama starring Pierce Brosnan, Rene Russo, Denis Leary and Ben Gazzara in a story about a bored billionaire who steals art treasures for a hobby and an insurance investigator on his tail. The Thomas Crown Affair was directed by John McTieman in 1999.
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The USS Hobby was an American Buchanan Class destroyer of 1630 tons displacement launched in 1942. The USS Hobby was powered by four Babcock and Wilcox oil-burning boilers providing a top speed of 36.5 knots. She carried a complement of 210 and was armed with four 5 inch guns; four 40 mm Bofors anti-aircraft guns; seven 20 mm Oerlikon anti-aircraft guns and five 21 inch torpedo tubes arranged in a quintuple arrangements.
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The morris dance (named from the Moorish Morisco) is a traditional English folk dance characterised by the gay costumes of the men who take part adorned with bells and holding staves which they clash together. According to Brewer, the Morris dance was brought to England by John of Gaunt in the reign of Edward III from Spain, where it was a military dance performed by the Moors under the name the Moriscos. Other sources cite the morris dance as a fertility rite, encouraging the crops to grow.
In England the morris dance was performed at puppet-shows, May games etc and was very popular during the reigns of Henry VII and Henry VIII when it was a principal feature of the popular festivals. In the May games of Robin Hood, and the pageant of the Lord of Misrule, morris-dancers formed an important part. The more ancient May game and morris consisted of the following characters: Robin Hood, Little John, Friar Tuck, Maid Marian, the queen or lady of the May, the fool, the piper, and several dancers variously dressed. A hobby-horse and a dragon were afterwards added. In the reign of Henry VIII, were dressed in gilt-lrather and silver paper, and sometimes in coats of white and spangled fustian. Bells to the number of thirty of forty hung from their garters, and purses were stuck in their girdles.
The morris is danced in variations around England, each area having its own style. The morris waned over the years and was almost extinct by the start of the 19th century. In 1934 the Morris Ring was formed in England by six of the revival sides in order to 'encourage the dancing of the morris and the preservation of its traditions'. The morris ring extended during the course of the 20th century, reaching several hundred member groups by the end of 2005.
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