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In his youth, Lentini used his third leg to kick a football across the stage—hence his show name, the Three-Legged Football Player. Lentini's normal legs were slightly different in length: one was 99 centimeters and the other 97 centimeters. The third leg was only 91 centimeters and ended in a clubfoot. [2]
"Jake the Peg" is the title of a comedic song about a fictional three-legged man performed by Rolf Harris and released as a single in 1965. The song was adapted in 1965 from a version performed by Frank Roosen (a Dutch performer from Vancouver, Canada). [1] The original Dutch party skit was "(Ik ben) van der Steen". [2] [3]
It later appears in heraldry, and, other than in the flag of Sicily, came into use in the arms and flags of the Isle of Man (known in Manx as ny tree cassyn ' the three legs '). [ 3 ] Greek τρισκελής ( triskelḗs ) means ' three-legged ' [ 4 ] from τρι- ( tri- ), ' three times ' [ 5 ] and σκέλος ( skelos ), ' leg ' . [ 6 ]
The flag of the Isle of Man (Manx: brattagh Vannin) is a triskelion, composed of three armoured legs with golden spurs, upon a red background. It has been the official flag of the Isle of Man since 1 December 1932 and is based on the Manx coat of arms , which dates back to the 13th century.
[3] 1889: Frank Lentini, an Italian-American sideshow performer, was born with a third leg, as well as a fourth foot and two sets of genitals; 1995: Somali baby girl born with three left arms. [4] March 2006: a baby boy identified only as Jie-jie was born in Shanghai with a fully formed third arm: he had two full-sized left arms, one ventral to ...
At the age of fifteen, he contracted tuberculous arthritis that caused his right leg to permanently stiffen at a 90-degree angle. In order to walk, a wooden leg had to be fastened to his knee. Because of this, he later acquired the nickname "Three-Legged-Willie".
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George Lippert (1844, Bavaria – July 1906, Salem, Oregon), [1] was born with three legs and, as was discovered during his autopsy, two hearts. [2] He worked as a curiosity for nearly 50 years, many of them for P. T. Barnum . [ 2 ]