The Good Luck Flag (寄せ書き日の丸, yosegaki hinomaru) was a traditional gift for Japanese servicemen deployed during the military campaigns of the Empire of...
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making "good luck blankets". Good Luck Flag – Traditional gift for Japanese servicemen Michael A. Bortner, DDS Imperial Japanese Good Luck Flags and One-Thousand...
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culture, hachimaki are stereotypically associated with martial artists. Good Luck Flag – Traditional gift for Japanese servicemen Kerchief – Cloth tied around...
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and are also considered symbols of good luck. Until the mid-18th century, the design and significance of maritime flags flying on ships in Tunis are unknown...
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Sarashi Belly band Cummerbund Michael A. Bortner, Imperial Japanese Good Luck Flags and One-Thousand Stitch Belts, 2008, Schiffer Military Books Uleshka...
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an agent on the ground with bonfires or bicycle lamps, but this required good visibility, as the pilot or navigator of a plane had not only to spot the...
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and was used to encourage Imperial troops in combat. Flag of Japan Rising Sun Flag Good Luck Flag (signed war banner) Five-point star badge (Imperial Japanese...
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the Imperial War Museum London. Among the collection are a Japanese Good Luck Flag, operational map (numbered 11), photographs of Force 136 personnel and...
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is the traditional Uzbek symbol of peace and good luck. Green is a symbol of nature, new life, and good harvest. The red fimbriations represent the power...
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Rikishi (category Good articles)
restaurants, putting to good use the techniques they had learned while preparing meals in the stables. Some former sumo wrestlers tried their luck competing in mixed...
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division's 7th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment, display a Japanese Good Luck Flag captured on Mount Popa during the mop-up operations that took place...
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takes place in spring and "the green in the Irish flag symbolizes the luck of the Irish." Hard Luck sold 1.3 million its first week. It was the number...
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Joseph (band) (section Good Luck, Kid)
the band announced on social media and their website their new album Good Luck, Kid would be released September 13, 2019. The first single, Fighter,...
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The flag of Georgia (Georgian: საქართველოს სახელმწიფო დროშა, romanized: sakartvelos sakhelmts'ipo drosha), also known as the Five-Cross Flag (ხუთჯვრიანი...
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dragon's head. The pearl is associated with wealth, good luck, and prosperity. The design of the flag was largely based on the Plain Yellow Banner, one...
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Submarine Force U.S. Pacific Fleet, returns a hinomaru yosegaki, or a good luck flag, to Consul General of Japan Toyoei Shigeeda during a ceremony at the...
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deploying soldier to sign a Hinomaru and present it to him. The flag was also used as a good luck charm and a prayer to wish the soldier back safely from battle...
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Flag of Cologne, Germany Flag of Gyumri, Armenia Flag of Hamburg, Germany Flag of Kazan, Russia Flag of Kharkiv, Ukraine Flag of Kraków, Poland Flag of...
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Retrieved 9 August 2022. "Flag Days: Good Luck, True South". 99% Invisible. 8 June 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2022. "Antarctica's first flag gives the uninhabited...
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early 20th century it was used worldwide and was regarded as a symbol of good luck. The swastika's worldwide use was well documented in an 1894 publication...
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Hamsa (redirect from Hamsa (good luck symbol))
fingers spread apart to ward off evil, or as closed together to bring good luck. Similarly, it can be portrayed with the fingers pointing up in warding...
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Apollo 11 in popular culture (redirect from Good luck, Mr. Gorsky)
2009. Mikkelson, Barbara & David P. "Good luck, Mr Gorsky!" at Snopes.com: Urban Legends Reference Pages. "Good Luck, Mr. Gorski". Torino Film Fest. Retrieved...
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in order to sweep away any ill fortune and to make way for incoming good luck. Another practised custom is the decoration of windows and doors with...
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the mid-20th century, the Fairy Flag was said to have extinguished a fire at Dunvegan Castle, and to have given luck to servicemen flying bombing missions...
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(clockwise) (卐) is called swastika, symbolizing surya ('sun'), prosperity and good luck, while the left-facing symbol (counter-clockwise) (卍) is called sauvastika...
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13 (number) (section Luck)
France prior to the First World War, and was used in numerical form as a good luck symbol on postcards and charms. Italy: 13 was the lucky number in the...
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Machine, May 2011. Littleton, Cynthia (December 12, 2013). "'Good Wife': Carrying Kudos Flag for Big 4 Dramas". Variety. Archived from the original on December...
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after the appetizer) Kathleen O'Brien-Price, winner of Episode 36.10 - "Luck of the Irish" (eliminated after the entrée) Demetrio Zavala, winner of Episode...
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in West Africa which is believed to protect the wearer from evil or bring luck, and in some West African countries is used as a purported method of birth...
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Associated with but ranked above brown, yellow signifies neutrality and good luck. Yellow is sometimes paired with red in place of gold.[citation needed]...
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