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    barnacle goose myth is a widely-reported historical misconception about the breeding habits of the barnacle goose (Branta leucopsis) and brant goose (Branta...
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    emerge fully formed from goose barnacles. Both goose barnacles and the Chilean giant barnacle are fished and eaten. Barnacles are economically significant...
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    The barnacle goose (Branta leucopsis) is a species of goose that belongs to the genus Branta of black geese, which contains species with largely black...
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    moisture of the earth. Barnacle geese were thought to have emerged from a crustacean, the goose barnacle (see the barnacle goose myth). Snakes could generate...
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    brandgás, "burnt (black) goose". The specific epithet bernicla is Medieval Latin for barnacle. The brant and the similar barnacle goose were previously considered...
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    Gerard’s Herbal, V5, Ch. 171 Fig 2209 at pp 525-527.- 17/11/2021; and, Barnacle goose myth Barnes, Fred (1968). Barrow and District. Barrow-in-Furness (Lancashire):...
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    according to Boece, Galloway gave his views on origins of barnacle geese. (See also, Barnacle goose myth) [..] Alexander Galloway, parson of Kinkell, who, besides...
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  • In ancient Roman religion and myth, Nerio (or Neriene) was an ancient war goddess and the personification of valor. She was the partner of Mars in ancient...
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    ISBN 978-0-203-40850-6. "Barnacle Goose". The Medieval Bestiary. Retrieved 20 June 2016. Beatrice White (1945). "Whale-hunting, the barnacle goose, and the date...
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    summons the dawn; no watch-dog breaks the deep silence with his baying, or goose, more watchful than the dog. There is no sound of wild beast or of cattle...
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    somewhat adhering, as if indeed that goose Bernicla was arising from it. Frederick Edward Hulme noted: "[The] barnacle-goose tree was a great article of faith...
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    Tarquinius Superbus Kings of Alba Longa Hersilia Legendary beings She-wolf Barnacle goose Texts Virgil Aeneid Ovid Fasti Metamorphoses Propertius Varro Res divinae...
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    duck, Canada goose, common goldeneye, lesser black-backed gull and common sandpiper. White-tailed eagle, greylag goose, barnacle goose, black-throated...
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    Tarquinius Superbus Kings of Alba Longa Hersilia Legendary beings She-wolf Barnacle goose Texts Virgil Aeneid Ovid Fasti Metamorphoses Propertius Varro Res divinae...
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    Tarquinius Superbus Kings of Alba Longa Hersilia Legendary beings She-wolf Barnacle goose Texts Virgil Aeneid Ovid Fasti Metamorphoses Propertius Varro Res divinae...
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    Tarquinius Superbus Kings of Alba Longa Hersilia Legendary beings She-wolf Barnacle goose Texts Virgil Aeneid Ovid Fasti Metamorphoses Propertius Varro Res divinae...
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  • was a nightmare. But he is oblivious to the presence of a trace of wet barnacles on the floor. Rough Night In a mid-credits scene, Pippa sings lyrics that...
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  • The Windblown Hare (1949), I'm Just Wild About Jerry (1965), Beware of Barnacle Bill (1935), The Iceman Ducketh (1964), When I Yoo Hoo (1936) 40 40 "Stuff...
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    Tarquinius Superbus Kings of Alba Longa Hersilia Legendary beings She-wolf Barnacle goose Texts Virgil Aeneid Ovid Fasti Metamorphoses Propertius Varro Res divinae...
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  • those the Romans identified with Greek counterparts, integrating Greek myths, iconography, and sometimes religious practices, into Roman culture, including...
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  • Tarquinius Superbus Kings of Alba Longa Hersilia Legendary beings She-wolf Barnacle goose Texts Virgil Aeneid Ovid Fasti Metamorphoses Propertius Varro Res divinae...
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    common eider, long-tailed duck, king eider, white-fronted goose, pink-footed goose and barnacle goose. Breeding migratory birds include the snow bunting, lapland...
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    equivalent of the pig. The barnacle goose was believed to reproduce not by laying eggs like other birds, but by growing in barnacles, and was hence considered...
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  • 24 30 November 2003 Daredevils Top stuntmen of the natural kingdom. Barnacle goose 25 7 December 2003 Defenders The best and most unusual self-protectors...
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    Tarquinius Superbus Kings of Alba Longa Hersilia Legendary beings She-wolf Barnacle goose Texts Virgil Aeneid Ovid Fasti Metamorphoses Propertius Varro Res divinae...
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  • Roy Chris Kratt Atlantic Ocean Common starfish, Caribbean hermit crab, barnacle, common tortoise limpet, water flea, amphipod, sea anemone, red sea urchin...
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    traditional songs with her sisters Edna, Kitty and Pauline by Emily Elizabeth Barnacle and by Artus Moser. After graduating she got a job as a social worker at...
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    (PDF) from the original on 2022-10-09. Payne, S. (1929). "The Myth of the Barnacle Goose". Int. J. Psycho-Anal. 10: 218–227. Gudger, E. W. (1924). "Pliny's...
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    sequence of the Mickey Mouse newspaper comic strip (in which his friend Barnacle Bill, a sailor who is an expert in untying knots, appears). Kat Nipp was...
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    they tend to spend weeks at sea in search of land and in some cases, barnacles have been observed growing on crocodile scales, indicative of the long...
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