The native, first placing a calabash beneath the nose, as it were, of his curious-looking log-steed, for the purpose of receiving the grated fragments as they fall, mounts astride of it as if it were a hobby-horse, and twirling the inside of his hemispheres of cocoanut around the sharp teeth of the mother-of-pearl shell, the pure white meat falls in snowy showers into the receptacle provided.
The hobby-horse and the pestle and mortar were in great requisition during the time I remained in the house of Marheyo, and Kory-Kory had frequent occasion to show his skill in their use.
The hero's wife and one child, the
hobby-horse, the doctor, the foreign gentleman who not being familiar with the language is unable in the representation to express his ideas otherwise than by the utterance of the word 'Shallabalah' three distinct times, the radical neighbour who will by no means admit that a tin bell is an organ, the executioner, and the devil, were all here.
Twice she had been to Coney Island and had ridden the
hobby-horses.
Characters include Maid Marian (a man in a dress), the
Hobby-horse, the Fool (or Jester), a youngster with a bow and arrow, and another youngster with a triangle.
The documentary follows a group of girls who
hobby-horse, while also touching on bigger themes, including friendship and solidarity.
von Drais patented this design in 1818, which was the first successful two-wheeled, steerable, human-propelled machine, commonly called a velocipede, and nicknamed
hobby-horse or dandy horse.
As well as our Tudor spies, we had a Tilt Yard arena for
hobby-horse jousting, lessons on longbow archery - which was compulsory activity on a Sunday in Tudor times so Henry VIII could ensure he had enough archers for his army - Tudor crafts to try including writing with quill and pen, brass rubbings and learning to be a trainee Tudor Apothecary.
For years, the issue of the viability of a Palestinian state has been the
hobby-horse of countless pundits and activists.
This machine was later brought to Great Britain, where it became known as a
hobby-horse or dandy horse.
