Jack in the Green, also known as Jack o' the Green, is an English folk custom associated with the celebration of May Day. It involves a pyramidal or conical...
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Jack Green may refer to: Jack Green (cricketer) (1921–2005), Australian cricketer Jack Green (footballer, born 1887) (1887–1963), Australian rules footballer...
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(which she also called the "Green Man") with other "green"-related concepts, such as the "Green Man" pubs, the Jack in the Green folk custom and May Day...
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Jack o' the Green may be: Jack o' the Green, Jack in the green, role in English-folk-culture traditions for May Day "Jack O The Green" (Jools Holland...
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significance into the wild man's grotesque qualities. The Green Knight is also compared to the English holiday figure Jack in the Green. Jack is part of a...
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Jack Green (born 6 October 1991) is a British sprint athlete who specialises in the 400m distance, along with the hurdles and the 4 × 400 m relay. He...
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Jack Green (12 March 1951 – 18 April 2024) was a Scottish musician and songwriter. Green played with T. Rex between 1973 and 1974, then with Pretty Things...
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after the American Civil War, he taught his distilling techniques to Jack Daniel, founder of the Jack Daniel's Tennessee whiskey distillery. Green was hired...
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The green jack (Caranx caballus), also known as the horse jack, is an abundant species of coastal marine fish in the jack family Carangidae. The species...
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1976, finishing "Jack-in-the-Green". All tracks were recorded in Studio 2 of Morgan Studios (except "Jack-in-the-Green", recorded in Studio 3 with Anderson...
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ISBN 3-89602-340-3, p. 375. "JACK N. GREEN". www.cinematographers.nl. Retrieved August 28, 2017. Udel, James C.: "Cinematographer Jack N. Green’s Aerial Work Led to...
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is a late 14th-century chivalric romance in Middle English alliterative verse. The author is unknown; the title was given...
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English festivals (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference)
Monday in May was created in 1978; May 1 itself is not a public holiday in England (unless it falls on a Monday). Jack in the Green, also known as Jack o'...
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Jack in the Box, Inc. is an American fast-food restaurant chain founded in 1951, by Robert O. Peterson in San Diego, California, where it is headquartered...
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jack green (the name was spelled with lower-case letters) is the pseudonym of Christopher Carlisle Reid (born 1928), an American literary critic who was...
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Jack Daniel's is a brand of Tennessee whiskey. It is produced in Lynchburg, Tennessee, by the Jack Daniel Distillery, which has been owned by the Brown–Forman...
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May Day (category Modern paganism in the United Kingdom)
include Jack in the Green, and 'dancing the sun up' on May Day morning. Jack in the Green is an English folkloric figure who parades through the streets on...
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the green Jack o' Kent Jack-o'-lantern Jack of all trades, master of none Jack of Fables Jack the Ripper Spring-heeled Jack Stingy Jack Will-o'-the-wisp...
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professionally as Al Green, is an American singer, songwriter, pastor and record producer best known for recording a series of soul hit singles in the early 1970s...
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Jack Doolan (born 28 July 1987) is an English actor. He is best known for portraying Tyler Boyce in the BBC sitcom The Green Green Grass alongside John...
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Legend (1985 film) (category All Wikipedia articles written in American English)
forest-dwelling paramour, Jack in the Green. Jack teaches Lili to speak to animals, then takes her blindfolded to a forest stream where the unicorns frolic. When Lili...
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May Queen (redirect from Queen of the May)
customs in Great Britain, include personifications known as Father May, King of the May, May King, Garland King, Green Man, or Jack in the Green. As part...
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Jack Green (born 1953) is an Garrwa artist and environment activist from the Northern Territory of Australia. He uses his art to campaign for land rights...
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Jack Taylor Green (26 August 1919 – 23 July 1981) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL)...
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Jack William Green (born 2 August 1947) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Green...
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Jack Green was one of the first three men in the UK to be graded to black belt in Shotokan karate, was an original member of the KUGB, and was their first...
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name may not be Jack as other Yorkshire folklore refers to "Jack in the Green" and more so the name Jack may just be a term for calling the person an unknown...
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Jack Green (4 October 1921 – 13 September 2005) was an Australian cricketer. He played three first-class cricket matches for Victoria between 1948 and...
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Jack Green (18 June 1925 – 5 September 2014) was a geologist and geology professor at California State University Long Beach. His active research covered...
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owned by Jack Cowin. Hungry Jack's owns and operates or sub-licenses all of the Burger King/Hungry Jack's restaurants in Australia. As the master franchise...
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