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3 unusual facts about The Nut


Country Gardens

Comedian Allan Sherman used this melody as the tune for his 1963 song, "Here's to the Crabgrass".

Henry and Emma

According to the poem's subtitle, it is based on "The Nut-Brown Maid".

The Nut

The Nut, an old volcanic plug near Stanley, Tasmania, a town on the north-west coast of Tasmania, Australia


Reliques of Ancient English Poetry

It contains such important ballads as The Ballad of Chevy Chase, The Battle of Otterburn, Lillibullero, The Dragon of Wantley, The Nut-Brown Maid and Sir Patrick Spens along with ballads mentioned by or possibly inspiring Shakespeare, several ballads about Robin Hood and one of The Wandering Jew.


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Colin Burgon

Burgon left teaching and the NUT in 1987 to work for Wakefield District Council as a local government policy and research officer.

Ethernut

Beside these, the Nut/OS operating system is used as base for the BTNode Sensor network ETH Zurich.

Filbert paintbrush

Philibert was a saint, (who died in 684), whereby the ripening of the nut in August coincides with his feast day.

Leah Manning

Her last years, before her death at age 91, were spent in the NUT Home for Retired Teachers at Elstree, England.

Phraya Phichai

The Thai people loved chewing betel nut, which made their teeth black, since the ancient time until the Government under the premiership of Field Marshal Plaek Phibunsongkhram issued ban on chewing the nut in 1942.

Rag Mop

Allan Sherman parodied this song in 1963 for his album My Son, the Nut; he renamed it "Rat Fink".

Ranavalona I

A poison was extracted from the nut of the native tangena (Tanghinia venenifera) shrub and ingested, with the outcome determining innocence or guilt.