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• Plough Monday — is the traditional start of the English agricultural year. While local practices may vary, Plough Monday is generally the first Monday after Twelfth Day (Epiphany), 6 January. cite book last = Hone first = William title = The Every Day Book… …   Wikipedia

• Plough Monday —    The first Monday after *Twelfth Day (6 January) and in rural communities this was traditionally the day on which farmworkers prepared to go back to work after the Christmas break, and to start the all important task of ploughing the fields… …   A Dictionary of English folklore

• Schering-Plough — Corporation Type Subsidiary Industry Pharmaceuticals Fate Merged with Merck Co …   Wikipedia

• ploughshare — plough|share BrE plowshare AmE [ˈplauʃeə US ʃer] n 1.) the broad curved metal blade of a ↑plough, which turns over the soil 2.) turn/beat swords into ploughshares to stop fighting and start living in peace …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• A6 road (England) — UK road routebox road= A6 length mi= length km= direction= South North start= Luton destinations= Bedford Leicester Loughborough Derby Matlock Stockport Manchester Preston Lancaster Kendal Penrith end= Carlisle construction date= completion date …   Wikipedia

• Business and Industry Review — ▪ 1999 Introduction Overview        Annual Average Rates of Growth of Manufacturing Output, 1980 97, Table Pattern of Output, 1994 97, Table Index Numbers of Production, Employment, and Productivity in Manufacturing Industries, Table (For Annual… …   Universalium

• Wimbledon F.C. — This article refers to the original club from London which existed until 2004. For the relocated and renamed club, see Milton Keynes Dons F.C. For the football club formed by supporters of Wimbledon F.C. when the owners announced their intent to… …   Wikipedia

• Earl Shilton — Infobox UK place official name= Earl Shilton country = England os grid reference= SP472980 latitude= 52.57777 longitude= 1.30491 map type= Leicestershire civil parish= population = shire district= Hinckley and Bosworth shire county=… …   Wikipedia

• Ashfield, New South Wales — Infobox Australian Place | type = suburb name = Ashfield city = Sydney state = nsw caption = Liverpool Road, Ashfield lga = Municipality of Ashfield postcode = 2131 est = 1838 pop = 21,000 (2001) area = 3.5 propval =… …   Wikipedia

• John Fowler (agricultural engineer) — Infobox Person name = John Fowler image size = 250px caption = birth date = 11 July 1826 birth place = Melksham, England death date = dda|1864|12|4|1826|7|11|df=y death place = Ackworth, West Yorkshire, England education = occupation =… …   Wikipedia