When growing up in a city, you don't really get to experience the closeness as if you've grown up in a smaller town or bay. It seems to me that those who have grown up in these bays and towns know more about their community's local folklore, when it comes to nicknames of certain places, people, and traditions. When I meet people with these types of backgrounds, they always have a few stories to tell about were there from. When I think of were I was raised, Mt. Pearl I can't seem to remember any nicknames with regards to local hang outs, riffraff's or community traditions. But I have experienced a few good nicknames through friends and family, here are a some dating back as far as elementary school and as recent as a year or two ago.
Da Shedmen.
I am part of a group, that some refer to as "Da Shedmen" the group consists of four people, Bulls Eye Barns (me), Fat Fingers Farrell (Mike Farrell), Hussey Gussey (Blair Dune), and Doubles Duggan (Mike Duggan). A few winters back the four of us were finding ourselves very bored on the weekends, so one Saturday night we decided to dig out the shed in my backyard, throw a load of wood in the fireplace, play some darts, watch the hockey game, and have a few beers. We enjoyed ourselves probably too much and it became a regular thing to do every Saturday night and frequently both nights of the weekend. After becoming almost hermits to our other friends, from being in the shed every weekend for about two or three months straight, we skipped darts one night to go to a party. When the four of us entered the house one of our buddies (Francis Mooney) says "o my god, look by's Da Shedmen are out". Ever since then when the four of us are out at a party or someone mentions one of our names, we are refereed to as, one of "Da Shedmen". It is meant to make fun of us but it really doesn't bother any of the boys because were doing it to have some fun and get drunk.
Two of these infamous innovators were Da Vinci and Raphael. ... This can be seen in both Da Vinci's Vitruvian Man and Raphael's School of Athens. ... Da Vinci incorporated such proportions into his drawing of the perfect model - man. ... Prior to Da Vinci, Pythagoras and Cesarian both attempted the Vitruvian man but failed. ... Da Vinci is able to show this through the polarity of the circle and square. ...
Leonardo Da Vinci Leonardo Da Vinci, was one of the greatest painters and geniuses the world has ever seen. ... (Da Vinci simply means from Vinci.) ... Da Vinci was trained to be a painter, but his interests and achievements spread into an astonishing variety of fields that are now considered scientific specialties. ... He wanted to know the working of what he saw in nature, but Da Vinci's importance to art was even greater than his importance to science. ... Da Vinci studied anatomy, astronomy, botany, geology, geometry, and he designed machines and drew plans for hundreds of inventi...
Before Madonna, before television, before the tricycle, even before women shaved their legs, there was Leonardo Da Vinci. ... He grew up as the illegitimate child of a Florentine notary who supported Da Vinci greatly. ... His father sent Da Vinci to be an apprentice to a man named Andrea de Verrocchio. ... Leonardo Da Vinci was smart enough to know that he could sell himself as a valued commodity. ... Da Vinci worked in other secular courts after his time with the Duke of Milan. ...
Leonardo da Vinci was born on April 15, 1452, in Vinci, Italy. ... This is part of the reason for da Vinci getting his own studio in 1482. It was at this time that da Vinci was starting his solo career. da Vinci worked for the Duke of Milan from 1482-1499. ... Although it was never put to use, the design showed da Vinci's versatility and genius. ...
Leonardo Da Vinci remains today one of the most popular of the Renaissance artists. ... Because of Da Vinci's wide range of talents (he was a painter, sculptor, architect, musician, engineer and scientist), he is considered one of the most intriguing personalities in the history of Western art. ... Da Vinci felt he did not learn enough Latin at school; therefore he tied to improve his knowledge in Latin on his own. ... This raised questions with historians on the sexuality of Da Vinci. ... Leonardo Da Vinci Died on May 2nd, 1519 in Amboise. ...
Vasco Da Gama Vasco Da Gama was born in the year 1469. He was the son of well-known Estavao da Gama. His father was Alcaide Mor of Sines, and the Commendador of Cercal, and held an office at a court under Alfonso V. His father was given a voyage but shortly died before he could take part in it. ...
Leonardo Da Vinci Leonardo Da Vinci was one of the greatest creative geniuses ever known to man and was centuries ahead of his time. ... Da Vinci was a painter, sculptor, architect, engineer, inventor, and scientist during his time. ... Leonardo Da Vinci was the father of the High Renesaince and most definately deserves his place in history. In films such as Leonardo Da Vinci and Happily Ever After, Leonardo was portrayed as a wise and scholarly man. ...
Leonardo Da Vinci The second artist is more from a modern timeframe, before he died he had created a stunning 22,000 pieces of artworks in many different types of mediums. ... Pablo Picasso LEONARDO DA VINCI Leonardo Da Vinci, (Leonardo, as he is almost always called) was one of the greatest painters of the Italian Renaissance. ... Leonardo Da Vinci was a man of unique gifts, whose fertile imagination produced images of unequalled vitality and beauty. ... This move was due to an astonishing letter sent to the duke himself, which stated some of Da Vinci's knowledge and skills that...
