... and finger and were believed to ward off illness and plague. It was understood that an image of an animal on a male meant that he bore the spirit of that animal. I was also believed that if one bore a mark that held a higher status than that he was born, he would be the bearer of "the mark of Borneo", and he would be ... struggled to capitalize on their work. Artists were very tight knit and scarcely taught anyone out side their clique for fear they would become competition. Most of the people who bore tattoos were sailors and military personnel. Than came World War II, this brought alo...

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... from living out his years behind bars and dying in a prison cell was my Mother. My sister followed my father's emotional pattern, and set off on the wrong road. She bore a child to a young man named Brian Mattigan, Who still has a place in my heart, she was 18. Her son/ my nephew Thomas Michel mattigan is one of those closest to ... ...

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... was constantly asking Parliament for money to fund his "little changes". In 1662, he married the Portuguese princess, Catherine of Braganza, to ensure good relations between England and Portugal. They bore no legitimate children. Charles II was very intelligent and a patron of scientific research. He even built an observatory in Greenwich Park. The period of Charles II's kingship was known as ... ...

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