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unusual facts about Whistle


Loulie Jean Norman

She is also the singer of the soprano opera-singing ghost in Disney's Haunted Mansion ride, and she voiced Penelope Pinfeather in Melody and Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom.


1915 in Ireland

15 March - Micho Russell, tin whistle player and collector of traditional music and folklore (died 1994).

2010 Leinster Senior Football Championship

Irate Louth fans pursued the referee around the pitch at the final whistle, bottles were hurled from the stand and the mayhem was compared to soccer player Thierry Henry's handball that cheated the Irish soccer team of their place at the 2010 FIFA World Cup the previous November.

Adnan Al-Shuaibat

As the referee of the match blew his whistle after the first 5 minutes to stop the match for Adnan to leave the field, Adnan gave the captain armband to his old international teammate Bashar Bani Yaseen as well as his #5 jersey to his young old teammate of Al-Faisaly Mohammad Muneer.

Blue box

Joe Engressia (known as Joybubbles) accidentally discovered it at the age of 7 by whistling (with his mouth).

Bob Dylan Tour with Mark Knopfler 2011

Knopfler's tour lineup included Mark Knopfler (guitar, vocals), Richard Bennett (guitar), Guy Fletcher (keyboards), Jim Cox (piano), Michael McGoldrick (flute, whistle, uilleann pipes), John McCusker (violin, cittern), Glenn Worf (bass), and Ian Thomas (drums).

Carol Weld

At the Gare d'Orsay the deluxe afternoon train had departed with a tin-whistle toot but no sign of royalty or a Baltimore woman.

César Santin

Afterwards, however, it turned out that Barcelona's goalkeeper, José Manuel Pinto, had tried to emulate the sound of the referees whistle, thus confusing Santin.

Cybernetic Serendipity

Peter Zinovieff lent part of his studio equipment - visitors could sing or whistle a tune into a microphone and his equipment would improvise a piece of music based on the tune.

Eric Rigler

He has been featured playing Great Highland bagpipes, Uilleann pipes and tin whistle on numerous movie soundtracks, including Titanic, Million Dollar Baby, Road to Perdition, Braveheart, Cinderella Man, Robots, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, DreamWorks's The Prince of Egypt, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World and critically acclaimed South Korean TV series Jewel in the Palace.

Feadóga Stáin

Mary Bergin : F whistle on 3,5,7,11, Eb whistle on 1,4,8,10,12, D whistle on 6, C whistle on 13, Bb whistle on 2,9, low G whistle on 14

Feadóga Stáin 2

Feadóga Stáin 2 is the second solo album by Irish Traditional whistle virtuoso Mary Bergin.

Finnegan Wakes

But it was also their first to feature their first established line-up of Ronnie Drew (vocals/guitar), Barney McKenna (tenor banjo)/mandolin), Luke Kelly (vocals/banjo), Ciaran Bourke (vocals/guitar/tin whistle/harmonica) and John Sheahan (fiddle/tin whistle/mandolin).

Flatulist

It lists one Roland the Farter, who held Hemingstone manor in the county of Suffolk, for which he was obliged to perform "Unum saltum et siffletum et unum bumbulum" (one jump, one whistle, and one fart) annually at the court of King Henry II every Christmas.

Football in San Marino

In the same competition, on February 7 2007, they came close to drawing 1-1 with the Republic of Ireland, but Stephen Ireland scored in the 94th minute, within 8 seconds of the final whistle.

Fox 40

Foxcroft introduced the Fox 40 whistle to referees at the 1987 Pan American Games in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe

The "Whistle Stop Cafe" is loosely based on the Irondale Cafe in Irondale, Alabama, a suburb near Flagg's birthplace.

Gresham Poe

According to Harper's Weekly, "Poe's presence seemed to rejuvenate the Tigers, and for the last 10 minutes of the contest they fairly outplayed the weary Elis. The ball was twice carried half the length of the field, but the whistle blew before Princeton could score." he graduated from Princeton in 1902.

Gus Lee

He was a drill sergeant, paratrooper, corporate whistle blower, Senior Executive for the State Bar of California and a corporate VP, EVP and chief operating officer.

John Hiatt discography

Backing vocalist and whistle solo on "Too Sensitive for This World", on the Ben Vaughn LP Dressed In Black, Enigma Records, 1990

José Manuel Pinto

Allegedly, he whistled to fool opponent player César Santin – who was running through on goal in the 26th minute – into thinking he was offside, leading him to stop, believing that the referee, Stéphane Lannoy, had blown his whistle; the referee allowed the play to continue and did not show Pinto a yellow card for the alleged deception.

Josué Pesqueira

In the second leg of the play-offs against Sweden on 19 November, Josué (who was not used in the game) extended his middle finger towards the opposing fans, while celebrating his country's qualification to the World Cup after the final whistle.

Lars-Gunnar Carlstrand

His eventful spell at the Foxes was terminated after a five-game, four goal reserve record; a near breakthrough at Ewood Park when the final whistle frustrated Martin O'Neill's attempt to introduce him as a late substitute; and a training ground broken nose.

Leif

Leif G. W. Persson, Swedish criminologist, whistle-blower and novelist

Mathias Kiwanuka

In 2005, he was involved in an incident with Virginia offensive tackle Brad Butler, who hit Kiwanuka after the whistle.

McDermott's Two Hours

The band is nominally still made up of Nick Burbridge on guitar and vocals, Ben Paley on fiddle and Matt Goorney on bass with Dil Davies (drums), Philippe Barnes (flutes, whistle and pipes) and Tim Cotterell (banjo, mandolin, bouzouki and fiddle), though live shows in recent years are rare events.

Michael Russell

Micho Russell (1915–94), Irish traditional musician (tin whistle player)

Never No Lament: The Blanton-Webster Band

# "Five O'Clock Whistle" (Kim Gannon, Gene Irwin, Josef Myrow) – 3:18

New York City Police Department Highway Patrol

The officers in this unit equipped with handcuffs, a straight baton, whistle, flashlight, reflective traffic vest, and a police radio that is directly linked to the Central Dispatcher, other Auxiliary Police officers, and Highway Patrolman.

New York State Bridge Authority

The officers are unarmed, but are equipped with a baton, can of pepper spray, handcuffs, whistle, flashlight, reflective traffic vest, bullet resistant vest, and a radio that is directly linked to the Central Dispatcher and other officers.

Nick Turse

In a 2008 expose in The Nation for which he won the Ridenhour Prize, Turse reported on a veteran whistle blower who served in Operation Speedy Express.

Packie Duignan

Among a younger generation of flute and tin whistle players to cite Packie's influence are Catherine McEvoy and Mary Bergin.

Pickaninny

In the 1936 Hal Roach feature General Spanky starring the Our Gang children, Buckwheat gets his foot tangled in the cord that blows the whistle on the river boat.

Price fixing cases

It is unclear who blew the whistle on the price-fixing but Arla, the dairy processor, will escape a fine after fully co-operating with authorities.

Psikhushka

Notable political prisoners of psikhuskas include poet Joseph Brodsky, dissidents Leonid Plyushch, Vladimir Bukovsky, Natalya Gorbanevskaya, Alexander Esenin-Volpin, Pyotr Grigorenko, Zhores Medvedev, Viktor Nekipelov, Valeriya Novodvorskaya, Natan Sharansky, Andrei Sinyavsky and Anatoly Koryagin, politician Konstantin Päts, and whistle blower Larisa Arap .

Rateb Al-Awadat

As the match referee blew his whistle after the first 5 minutes to stop the match for Rateb to leave the field, Rateb gave the captain armband to his old international teammate Hatem Aqel as well as his #4 jersey to his old teammate of Al-Faisaly (Amman) Qusai Abu Alieh.

Ravshan Irmatov

In the Group A match between Brazil and Italy on 22 June he blew his whistle to award Italy a penalty and was seen pointing at the penalty spot.

Seduced by Moonlight

Rhys plays upon the phrase from the movie To Have and Have Not (1945) by Lauren Bacall ("You know you don't have to act with me, Steve. You don't have to say anything and you don't have to do anything. Not a thing. Oh, maybe just whistle. You know how to whistle, don't you, Steve? You just put your lips together and blow.") when he says, "you know how to kiss don't you? you just put your lips together..."

St. Barnabas High School

Joanie Madden, flute and whistle player of traditional Irish music, leader of all-female group Cherish the Ladies

Subtruck

Their first album for Sic Squared Records, Songs to Whistle at War, was released in 2002, and lead to their inclusion on several compilations including 'Left of Centre 2', 'S.L.A.M. 2002' and 'Foot in the Door'.

Sunderland A.F.C. Women

However, Sunderland never gave up and scored a consolation goal from Kelly McDougall just before the final whistle.

Thomasville, North Carolina

The Big Chair gained national attention in 1960 when then Presidential Candidate Lyndon B. Johnson greeted supporters on the monument during a campaign whistle stop.

Tom Cat

She was made as a mere object of slap-stick humor, as when Tom gave her a wolf-whistle, he ironically gave himself away to Spike, who was supposed to protect Jerry every time he whistles.

Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc

This includes a waterproof jacket, warm clothes, food and water, whistle, survival blanket and head lamp.

Wagonmaster

# Porter & Marty: Men with Broken Hearts / (I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle (Jimmie Davis, Hank Williams) – 6:04

Whisky Romeo Zulu

The drama is based on the experiences of Enrique Piñeyro, former airline pilot turned whistle-blower, who became a film actor-director, and of the August 31, 1999 LAPA (Líneas Aéreas Privadas Argentinas) airline accident.

Whistle on the Wind

Whistle on the Wind is the first solo album by flute and tin whistle player Joanie Madden.

Whistle stop train tour

One of the most famous railroad cars to be used in the U.S. whistle-stop tours was the Ferdinand Magellan, the only car custom built for the President of the United States in the 20th century.


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