to lay a wreath on a grave

  • 1lay a wreath — place flowers, lay a bouquet (on a grave) …

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  • 2wreath — [ riθ ] noun count 1. ) a circle of flowers or leaves that you put on a GRAVE to show you are remembering the dead person: lay a wreath: The president laid a wreath at the war memorial. a ) a circle of flowers or leaves that you hang up for… …

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  • 3wreath — UK [riːθ] / US [rɪθ] noun [countable] Word forms wreath : singular wreath plural wreaths 1) a circle of flowers or leaves that you put on a grave to show that you are remembering the dead person lay a wreath: The Queen laid a wreath at the war… …

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  • 4Peadar Clancy — ( ga. Peadar Mac Fhlannchaidh; 9 November 1888 – 21 November 1920) was a member of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) who served in the Four Courts garrison during the 1916 Easter Rising and was second in command of the Dublin Brigade, IRA during… …

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  • 5возлагать — ВОЗЛАГАТЬ1, несов. (сов. возложить), что к чему. Помещать (поместить) что л. (обычно венки, цветы и т.п.), поставив, положив к какому л. памятному знаку, мемориалу, захоронению в торжественной обстановке в знак памяти, благодарности и т.п.; Син …

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  • 6Old Bet — Statue of Old Bet in front of the Elephant Hotel, in Somers, New York …

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  • 7RUSSIA — RUSSIA, former empire in Eastern Europe; from 1918 the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (R.S.F.S.R.), from 1923 the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.); from 1990 the Russian Federation. Until 1772 ORIGINS The penetration… …

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  • 8Joe Cain — For the football player of the same name see Joe Cain (football player). Joseph Stillwell Cain, Jr. ( Joe Cain ) (October 10 1832 ndash; April 17 1904) Joseph Stillwell Cain, Jr. Leon Weekley, Find a Grave, Oct. 8, 2004, webpage:… …

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  • 9Michael Davitt — For the Irish poet, see Michael Davitt (poet). Michael Davitt c. 1878 Michael Davitt (Irish name: Mícheál Mac Dáibhéid) (March 25, 1846 – May 30, 1906) was an Irish republican and nationalist agrarian agitator, a social campaigner, labour leader …

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  • 10William Brown (admiral) — ] Early life and career Career as a merchant captain William Brown was born in Foxford, County Mayo, Ireland on June 22, 1777. His family emigrated to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the United States, about 1786, when William was only nine years… …

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