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Mangelwurzel or mangold wurzel (from German Mangel/Mangold, "chard" and Wurzel, "root"), also called mangold, [1] mangel beet, [1] field beet, [2] fodder beet and (archaic) root of scarcity, [3] [4] [5] is a cultivated root vegetable. It is a variety of Beta vulgaris, [5] the same species that also contains the red beet (beetroot) and sugar ...
The Wurzels covered British Sea Power's "Remember Me", while British Sea Power covered The Wurzels' "I Am A Cider Drinker". The band also supported BSP at their gig at the London Forum in November. In 2004, The Wurzels appeared on Never Mind The Buzzcocks in that year's Christmas special, performing Christmas songs to Bill Bailey's team. [15]
As Morrell (1977) explains, the word "Punkie"is an old English name for a lantern, and jack o'lanterns for Punkie Night may be made of swedes or mangel-wurzels rather than pumpkins. [1] An alternative explanation of the term is that it is derived from pumpkin or punk, meaning tinder. [2]
The Wurzels performing live in 2012. The Wurzels are a British scrumpy and Western band from Nailsea, Somerset.Formed in early 1966, the group was originally known as "Adge Cutler & The Wurzels" and featured vocalist Adge Cutler backed by banjo and guitarist Reg Quantrill, accordion player Reg Chant, sousaphone player Brian Walker, and bassist John Macey.
A traditional American jack-o'-lantern, made from a pumpkin, lit from within by a candle A picture carved onto a jack-o'-lantern for Halloween. A jack-o'-lantern (or jack o'lantern) is a carved lantern, most commonly made from a pumpkin, or formerly a root vegetable such as a mangelwurzel, rutabaga or turnip. [1]
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Mangel Trilogy, three books set in the fictional town of Mangel, by Charlie Williams Mangelwurzel , Mangel wurzel, a root vegetable, used as animal fodder, member of the Beta vulgaris family Mangel, a defunct clothing store and former owner of Shoppers Fair stores
Martinsdale was the home of the poet Grace Stone Coates, author of Black Cherries, Mead & Mangel-Wurzel, and Portulacas in the Wheat. It was also the home of Charles M. Bair, one of the largest and most successful sheep ranchers in the United States, and the former Bair family home is now a museum.