think about? Burning builds‚ grass fires‚ car fires‚ all the modern day stuff‚ right? Has one ever sat back and thought about how firefighting started? Going back even 100 years‚ one will see such a big difference. Firefighting is a bit of a family tradition‚ in some stations. For example‚ station 11‚ the Bentleyville Volunteer Fire Department‚ has been passed down for three or four generations with the Sicchitano family. They eat sleep breath firefighting. Also Firefighting is not just mom and dad passing
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5th period How the Irish Saved Civilization. Thomas Cahill’s book takes place between the fall of Rome and the beginning of the Middle Ages. During that time‚ Europe had grand libraries‚ but they were burned down by Germanic invaders. With this‚ most of Western literature was destroyed. Around AD 390‚ a child by the name of Patricius was born. He spent the first sixteen years of his life in in the comfort of a Roman civitas‚ but became a slave to one of the hundreds of Irish kinds‚ Miliucc. Miliucc
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the rise of nationalism‚ industrialism‚ and imperialism Nationalism can be defined as having a sense of belonging and loyalty to ones country or nation state. It is the belief that people derive their identity from their nation and therefore owe their nation their primary loyalty. Of all the European nations‚ France was the first to sport the idea of nationalism. Many countries became influenced by the French’s ideas of nationalism‚ as a result nationalism had spread throughout Europe by the nineteenth
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In this article the writer tries to clearly define the term tradition in relation to how we perceive it in the modern world. He says traditions are nothing but customs that have been done by generations before us and were passed on to us and we will eventually pass them to the future generations. The writer in specific talks about the Easter traditions. In the Easter traditions it is the norm to have bunny eggs as a highlight of this celebration. “What would an Easter without bunny eggs be?” he further
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The Origin of Christmas Traditions Christmas is filled with traditions and events‚ but how did they start and why do we still do them? Traditions are often passed down throughout generations for centuries‚ but the origins are often unknown or forgotten. Christmas Christmas was originally called "The Feast of the Nativity of Jesus". The word "nativity" comes from the Latin word Natalis‚ meaning birthday. The observance probably does not date earlier than 200 AD and did not become widespread
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United States. Whether it be through legal or illegal means‚ there is always a problem. Samuel F.B. Morse believed that the Irish Catholic immigrants were part of a big conspiracy with the Roman Catholics‚ to take over the United States. They were nothing but danger to native Americans. It is a belief that many Americans shared during 1835‚ but held no real base of truth. The Irish Catholic immigrants that were coming into the United States during 1835‚ were escaping the mess that the British had started
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LITTLE TRADITION The issue of great and little traditions did not arise for the first generation of anthropologists who‚ following the example of *Malinowski‚ mainly studied remote‚ self-contained‚ small-scale societies. It was only after World War II‚ when anthropologists began to study communities integrated within larger states and participating in centuries-old religious traditions such as *Buddhism or *Christianity‚ that the problem arose. The terms ‘great’ and ‘little’ traditions were actually
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Explain the beginnings of the spread of nationalism in Europe from 1815 to 1848. When the Great Powers (Britain‚ Prussia‚ Austria‚ Russia‚ and France) met in Vienna in 1815‚ they were attempting to establish a lasting peace and a balance of power in Europe. After ten years of revolution in France and sixteen years of Napoleonic Wars the representatives wanted to prevent any more upheaval. One of their solutions was a proposal to restore kings to their thrones ( a concept called "legitimacy")
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Introduction: Irish forests are very diverse‚ ranging from native woodlands to trees and woods in and around our towns and cities. Benefits of Ireland’s forest cover is very diverse‚ extending beyond basic timber production to encompass employment‚ bio-diversity‚ wildlife conservation‚ environmental protection‚ rural development‚ carbon sequestration‚ amenity and recreation‚ and tourism. This easy will focus on how climate change is affecting Irish forestry. Forests are particularly sensitive to
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When the Irish Potato Famine Struck Ireland On a sunny morning in 1845‚ Irish farmers were going to check their crops. A farmer named Abraham Fitz found black potatoes in his fields. He thought it may be only the one‚ so he moved over 4 rows and dug another potato out of the ground. This one was black and rotten. This causes Abraham to travel to his neighbors house and ask about their potatoes. His neighbor’s potatoes were black‚ rotten‚ and giving off a foul stench. This would later be discovered
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