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6 unusual facts about Daisy


Daisy, Maryland

The school is awaiting reconstruction on museum property in West Friendship.

Edwin Warfield (1848–1920), the 45th Governor of Maryland, grew up at the Oakdale manor built in 1838.

Duchy of Pless

Hans Heinrich XV succeeded in 1907; he had married Mary Theresa Cornwallis-West, better known as Daisy, Princess of Pless.

George W. Ward

Ward was a product of Maryland education, unlike his predecessors, having attended a one-room school in Daisy, Maryland.

Princess Daisy

Daisy, Princess of Pless (1873–1943), British-born socialite and German princess

Pszczyna Castle

When ascending the Grand Staircase, designed by Alexandre Destailleur, the apartments of Princess Mary Theresa Olivia Cornwallis-West von Pless are reached.


Alberta Schenck Adams

Alberta Daisy Schenck Adams (June 1, 1928 – July 6, 2009) was a teenage civil rights activist in the struggle for equality by the indigenous peoples in the United States Territory of Alaska.

Article 12

In 1999 Daisy Thomas and David Joseph Henry took part in 10th commemorative meeting of the UNCRC in Geneva.

Aunt Daisy

Maud Ruby Basham MBE (née Taylor; 30 August 1879 – 14 July 1963), usually known as Daisy Basham or professionally as Aunt Daisy, was a well-known New Zealand radio broadcaster from 1930 to 1963.

Borden, Indiana

Norman M. Coats of Kirkwood, Missouri has written a book called Growing Up on Daisy Hill, which chronicles his early years being born and raised in the nearby hills and hollows of Borden during the Great Depression.

British Rail Class 101

In The Railway Series books by the Rev. W. Awdry, the character Daisy the Diesel Rail-Car was introduced to assist on the Branch Line when Thomas was away for repairs.

Daisy Carter

The actress' portrayal received a negative response with viewers; Zap2it said Daisy being the daughter of Sheila and Tom made "no coherent sense".

Daisy Hill F.C.

They then joined the Westhoughton League winning a number of honours in the 1920s and 1930s and during this time, Lancashire County Cricket Club cricketers Dick Pollard and Bill Farrimond both played football for Daisy Hill.

Daisy Makeig-Jones

Susannah Margaretta "Daisy" Makeig-Jones (1881–1945) was a pottery designer for Wedgwood.

Daisy Pearce

In June 2007 Daisy was one of two Victorian Women's Football League representatives in the E J Whitten Legends Game where she played again such football legends as Scott Cummings, Nick Holland, Mick Martyn and Nicky Winmar.

Daisy Whitney

Daisy has spoken on industry panels at conferences such as the Consumer Electronics Show, The National Association of Broadcasters and the National Association of Television Programming Executives.

Daisy Wood

Daisy Violet Rose Wood (15 September 1877 in Hoxton, London – 19 October 1961), was an English Music hall singer.

Daisyworld

In the original 1983 version, Daisyworld is seeded with two varieties of daisy as its only life forms: black daisies and white daisies.

Day Joyce Sheet

Day Joyce was born Miss Daisy Mary Sage on 12 November 1905 in Yoxford, Suffolk.

Fashion doll

British designer Mary Quant's Daisy doll from 1973 had a large selection of contemporary 70s fashion designed by Quant.

Gloria Blondell

For Daisy Duck's second appearance as a Disney cartoon character, Gloria Blondell took over, marking the debut of Daisy's "normal" voice.

Green-light

In the novel The Great Gatsby, a green light at the end of Daisy Buchanan's dock in the old money East Egg is barely visible across the lake from Jay Gatsby's mansion in nouveau riche West Egg.

Henry M. Joko-Smart

Joko-Smart is married to Daisy Smart, formerly Tucker, sister of former first lady Patricia Kabbah.

Hunters, Washington

These communities include Cedonia, Washington, Bissel, Gifford, and Daisy to the north and Fruitland and Enterprise to the south.

Jerusalem artichoke

Despite its name, the Jerusalem artichoke has no relation to Jerusalem, and it is not a type of artichoke, though both are members of the daisy family.

Jorge José Emiliano dos Santos

His nickname was Margarida (meaning Daisy, in English).

L. vulgare

Leucanthemum vulgare, the oxeye daisy, a widespread flowering plant species

Lady Blanche Addle

Lady Blanche Addle was a fictitious character created by the British author Mary Dunn (1900–1958) First published in the 1930s Dunn's Lady Addle books amusingly parody and satirise the then British upper classes, and particularly the works of Walburga, Lady Paget; Daisy, Princess of Pless and Adeline, Countess of Cardigan and Lancastre.

Lyman Ward Military Academy

Currently the Rifle Team shoots in the sportier division and competes with Daisy 853 air rifles.

Mabel Gardiner Hubbard

and Marian Hubbard Bell (1880–1962), who was referred to as "Daisy", and who was nearly named Photophone by Bell after her birth.

Manohara Odelia Pinot

Manohara gained widespread attention from the Indonesian media in mid April 2009 when her mother, Daisy Fajarina, alleged that Tengku Fakhry, Malaysian Kelantanese prince and Manohara's husband, abducted Manohara.

Marcis Dzelzainis

Marcis informed the judges that this cocktail was an hommage to Serge Gainsbourg, calling it the Gainsbourg Daisy.

Matthew Lien

In 2009, Lien married Ms. Liu Kuan-yu (English name: "Daisy"), a Taiwanese national from a well-connected family in Miaoli County.

Nicholson, Georgia

Nicholson is known for its "Daisy Festival" and several famous residents, including singer Kenny Rogers and Actress Tammy Luthi Retzlaff.

Number One Enemy

The video seems to be inspired in parts by Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There, as seen by Daisy holding a pig, the long table (reminiscent of the tea party table) and Chipmunk holding a hat similar to the Mad Hatter's.

Phenacoleachiidae

Phenacoleachia zealandica is found on southern beech trees and Phenacoleachia australis is found on Pleurophyllum species, daisy-like plants in the Asteraceae family.

Please Sir!

Miss Ewell gets her "mountie", Miss Petting her mandarin and Daisy her "prince".

Ralph Morgan

Ralph Morgan was married to Georgiana Louise Iverson, who as a stage actress was known as Grace Arnold, although he called her "Daisy" and was the father of Claudia Morgan (1911–1974), an actress best known for creating the role of Vera Claythorne on Broadway in the original production of Ten Little Indians, and for her portrayal of Nora Charles on the radio series The Thin Man.

Robert Cushman Murphy

The author of over 600 scientific articles, he also wrote such books as Logbook for Grace: Whaling Brig Daisy, 1912-1913 and Oceanic Birds of South America. In 1951, Murphy led the expedition that rediscovered the Bermuda Petrel, or cahow, a bird believed to have been extinct for 330 years.

Royal Jersey Agricultural and Horticultural Society

The first animal registered in the Herd Book was a bull named 'Dandy', owned by Mr James Godfray of St. Martin, and the first cow registered was named 'Daisy', belonging to Mr. P. Paisnel of St. Clement.

Rufe Gentry

Born in Daisy Station, near Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Gentry first pitched in organized baseball as part of the company team when he worked for Hanes Hosiery in Winston-Salem.

Sardis, Oklahoma

The lake, a flood control project, also held tourism potential and Oklahoma State Highway 43 was straightened and paved with blacktop all the way from the interchange at Daisy, Oklahoma on the Indian Nation Turnpike to the lake, where it crosses the dam and connects to Oklahoma State Highway 2.

Slow Cow

Other ingredients include extracts of chamomile, a daisy-like plant with "a calming agent to fend off stress ... and ease digestion", passiflora, a genus of about 500 species of flowering plants with "anti-depressant and relaxing" properties, valerian, a herb that "relieves symptoms of nervousness", Tilia cordata, a linden tree known for "facilitating sleep", and hops, a "nerve calming" flowering plant.

Stanley Vestal

Walter Stanley Vestal was born to Walter and Isabella "Daisy" Vestal near Severy, Kansas on August 15, 1887.

Star in a Bra

Lauren Colfer from Catford beat Daisy Hill and Nadine Kennedy in the public vote.

Thelma Scott

She continued to act in the theatre, performing with Ray Milland in Hostile Witness at Sydney's Tivoli Theatre in 1967, and in 1968 acted in J.C. Williamson's production of Spring and Port Wine, playing Daisy Crompton opposite Alfred Marks.

Trine Dyrholm

In 2007, Trine Dyrholm was again nominated for both the Bodil and Robert awards for her supporting role in Simon Staho's film Daisy Diamond.

Wedelolactone

Wedelolactone is an organic chemical compound classified as a coumestan that occurs in Eclipta alba (false daisy) and in Wedelia calendulacea.

Westover School

Ginevra King Pirie (Class of 1917, deceased), Chicago socialite who was F. Scott Fitzgerald's inspiration for the character of Daisy Buchanan in The Great Gatsby.

WGOW

WGOW-FM, a radio station (102.3 FM) licensed to Soddy-Daisy, Tennessee, United States

When Fiction Lives in Fiction

Amongst the works examined in this essay are William Shakespeare's play Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, with its play-within-a-play, Gustav Meyrink's novel The Golem with its motifs of dreams within dreams within dreams, and the nub of the essay itself, a short review of the then recently published At Swim-Two-Birds by Irish writer Flann O'Brien with its circular daisy chain of characters writing novels about each other.

Zuster Theresia

This closeness drives Daisy mad with jealousy, and she goes to nearby Pelabuhan Ratu and unsuccessfully tries to commit suicide by throwing herself into the sea.


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