Unicorn
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| First Mentioned | 5th century BC |
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| Mythological Origin | Asia |
| Based on | Horse |
| Symbol of | Scotland |
| Abilities | Power to render poisoned water potable, Heals sickness, Has magical powers |
| Similar Creatures | Qilin |
| Karkadann | |
| Shadhavar | |
| Re'em | |
| Camahueto | |
| Indrik | |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 565620 |
About Unicorn
The unicorn is a legendary creature that has been described since antiquity as a beast with a single large, pointed, spiraling horn projecting from its forehead.
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The procession in fullMounted Metropolitan Police • Royal Canadian Mounted Police • Bands of The Rifles and Brigade of Gurkhas • Representatives of the George Cross from Malta, the Royal Ulster Constabulary and the UK National Health Service Representative detachments of Commonwealth forces: Territorial Air Force of New Zealand • Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment • The Corps of Royal New Zealand Engineers • Royal New Zealand Armoured Corps • Royal Regiment of New Zealand Artillery • Royal New Zealand Navy • Royal Australian Air Force Reserve • Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps • Royal Australian Army Ordnance Corps • Royal Australian Infantry Corps • Royal Australian Engineers • Royal Regiment of Australian Artillery • Royal Australian Navy • The Canadian Armed Forces Legal Branch • The Royal Canadian Air Force (Reserve) • The Calgary Highlanders • The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada • The 48th Highlanders of Canada • The North Shore (New Brunswick) Regiment • The Royal New Brunswick Regiment • Le Regiment de Ia Chaudière • The Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders (Princess Louise s) • The Canadian Grenadier Guards • Governor General s Foot Guards • Royal 22e Regiment • The King s Own Calgary Regiment (RCAC) The Governor General s Horse Guards • The Royal Canadian Engineers • The Canadian Armed Forces Military Engineering Branch • The Royal Regiment of Canadian ArtilleryRepresentatives of the Royal Air Force: 603 (City of Edinburgh) Squadron Royal Auxiliary Air Force • Royal Auxiliary Air Force • Royal Air Force Marham • The Combined Bands of the Royal Air Force • Royal Air Force College, Cranwell • Royal Air Force RegimentRepresentatives of the Army: The Honourable Artillery Company • Adjutant General s Corps • British Army Bands Sandhurst and Colchester • The Queen s Gurkha Engineers • The Royal Welsh • The Duke of Lancaster s Regiment • The Royal Regiment of Scotland • Welsh Guards • Irish Guards • Scots Guards • Coldstream Guards • Grenadier Guards • Bands of the Irish Guards and Welsh Guards • Corps of Royal Engineers • Royal Regiment of Artillery • Royal Tank Regiment • The Royal Lancers • The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers and Greys)Representatives of the Royal Navy: Royal Navy • Royal Marines • The Combined Bands of the Royal MarinesDefence advisers and staff of Her Majesty s realms: Jamaica • New Zealand • Australia • CanadaRepresentative colonels of Commonwealth forces of which Her Majesty was Colonel-in-ChiefChaplains of the armed forces: Principal Church of Scotland & Free Church Chaplain Royal Air Force • Principal Roman Catholic Chaplain Royal Air Force • Chaplain-in-Chief Royal Air Force • Deputy Chaplain General (Army) • Principal Roman Catholic Chaplain (Army) • Chaplain General (Army) • Principal Church of Scotland and Free Churches Chaplain (Royal Navy) • Principal Roman Catholic Chaplain (Royal Navy) • Chaplain of the FleetRepresentatives of forces of which the Queen was air commodore-in-chief • Representative Colonels Commandant, Colonels and Honorary Colonels of Her Majesty s Regiments and Corps • Commandant General, Royal Marines • Representatives of Her Majesty s ships • Commander Strategic Command • Vice Chief of the Defence Staff • Chief of the Air Staff • Chief of the General Staff • Chief of the Naval Staff • Chief of the Defence Staff • Drum Horse and State Trumpeter • 1st Division of the Sovereign s Escort • ADC to the Major General Commanding the Household Division • Brigade Major Household Division • Major General Commanding the Household Division • Combined Bands of the Scots Guards and Coldstream Guards Pursuivants and Heralds of Arms of Scotland: March • Linlithgow • Ormond • Rothesay • Falkland • Unicorn • Carrick • Marchmont Pursuivants and Heralds of Arms of England: Portcullis • Rouge Dragon • Norfolk • Windsor • York • Bluemantle • Wales • Maltravers • Chester • RichmondKings of Arms: Norroy and Ulster King of Arms • Lord Lyon King of Arms • Clarenceux King of Arms • Lady Usher of the Black Rod • Garter King of ArmsThe Earl Marshal • Bands of the Scots Guards and Coldstream Guards • Captain, the King s Body Guard of the Yeoman of the Guard • Captain general, the King s Body Guard for Scotland (Royal Company of Archers) (Gold Stick for Scotland) • Captain, His Majesty s Body Guard of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms Royal Household; 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Latitude 2023: The rise of football shirts at music festivals
By Richard HaughBBC News, Suffolk
Football shirts were once a symbol of The Ugly side of The Beautiful game for a lot of People - More likely to conjure up thoughts of lad culture and hooliganism.
But over The Years , things have changed and The Shirts are now very much back in fashion, with some highly sought after and exchanging hands for hundreds of pounds.
This trend can be clearly seen at music Festivals .
Some events - including in Londonderry and - have previously placed a site-wide ban on football shirts. But elsewhere, football shirts have become an increasingly common site.
At this year's Glastonbury , Aston Villa defender for an Ipswich Town fan's replica Shirt , while rapper Aitch's performance on The Pyramid Stage was used to. A month later, and the Latitude Festival in Suffolk is the latest to be awash with festivalgoers Showing Off their favourite shirts.
'It's not just geezers'Rudi Obasi-Adams, 32, from Preston, is a regular festivalgoer - having previously been to Glastonbury , Leeds Festival , Sonar in Barcelona, and NOS in Portugal.
" Football shirts are definitely back as a fashion statement, " he says. " I think there's been an increase [at Festivals ] - especially England shirts combined with bucket hats.
" It has become More of a fashion statement rather than People just representing their clubs, and I think you see quite a wide range of People .
" It's not just geezers, you see lots of girls wearing them nowadays and older People . "
Rudi is a Manchester United fan but is wearing a 1989 Ajax Shirt to Latitude.
" I got this as a lockdown Present - we did A Secret Santa and we all got each other retro shirts.
" Somebody Else got the 2018 Nigeria Shirt and Somebody Else got one of the 90s Bayern Munich Shirt - I think I got The Best of The Bunch . "
'They're comfy'" This is an old yellow Spurs football Shirt that my boyfriend made me wear, " jokes Ffion Moon, who is 23 and travelled to Suffolk from Swansea.
" I'm not really a football fan if I'm honest, but will wear it - it's comfy.
" The Vintage shirts look cool and different. "
While there is definitely a heavy male to female ratio of football Shirt wearers at The Festival , Ffion says things have changed over recent years. " I'd say there are More women wearing shirts, especially with The World Cup Coming Up , " she says. " I don't think it really matters any More . "
'People sing ooh, ah Cantona at me'" Even though I live nowhere near Manchester I was born into being a fan, " says Shaan Sagoo, 18. " Basically my first ever Present , for being born, was A Man United kit from 2004.
" [Eric] Cantona was a special player To My dad and my grandad, so for my 18th birthday my dad decided to give me a retro Cantona kit.
" It was pretty special because the designs of the retro kits are so much More intricate than the designs nowadays. I think now too much of the football kits are taken over by sponsors.
" I've Never Heard of Sharp Viewcam so it must be a thing from well back In Time .
" People stop you, especially at Festivals and are like 'you're too young to have seen Cantona', And Then they go 'ooh, ah, Cantona'… it's an interesting experience. "
'We sold a Unicorn of a Shirt for £220'Volunteer worker Sam Ralphs, 27, says The Range of vintage shirts are proving popular at the Oxfam shop at Latitude.
" We've had The Shirts for The Past three or four Festivals and they fly Out - People get really Excited about particular ones, especially the older ones, " he says.
" We had a few really good ones at Glastonbury - a Wet Wet Wet from Clydebank, which is a bit of a Unicorn - it's a third kit and we sold that for £220, which was really cool.
" I know a lot about football shirts but not a lot about football.
" It's really interesting to see which ones People get Excited about, but it's usually the More obscure ones or lower league teams.
" People find one from five or 10 Years ago, which means something to them, their dad, mother, uncle, or whoever and gets them Excited - which is cool to see. "
'The Perception has been turned on its head'
" Football shirts, for the majority of their existence, were seen as the preserve of the tasteless or the nerd, " says Neal Heard, author of The Football Shirts Book.
" In front of our eyes, mostly over The Last two years, this perception has been totally turned on its head.
" Right now, there is no cooler object of streetwear and, for me, this is just The Beginning . Football shirts will follow the pathway of The Once humble training shoe and their spread and influence will grow exponentially in all realms from the football industry itself to streetwear and fashion.
" Football shirts lend themselves to ownership and belonging, both in terms of being Into Something 'on trend' but also in terms of allegiance to your team or even with sponsors.
" They are brand vehicles of a few dimensions and this pushed up their ability to speak to People .
" What better way to show off this love than at a Music Festival . "
Shirts from around the Latitude Festival 'My dad is worried I'll get beat up'" This is the Norwich 93 Shirt - it's from when they were at their most successful, " says 35-year-old Joe Barker, from Lowestoft.
" It's affectionately known as The Bird poo Shirt . It divides opinions. Sometimes it makes The Top 10 worst football shirts ever made, but I love it.
" We Are in Suffolk, and not too Far Away from Ipswich, and my dad was worried there would be some Ipswich fans who would beat me up or act aggressively to me.
" It's still early days, but fingers crossed it seems OK, we at Latitude. "
'Football shirts and identity'
" Wearing a football Shirt says something About You before you've even spoken, " says artist Corbin Shaw. " We Are all avid performers of our race, gender and class and the football Shirt helps us to do that.
" Fashion designers have started to parody the football Shirt in their collections.
" Martine Rose, who made The Iconic twisted football Shirt , recently said in an interview for SEASON zine: 'If we saw someone walking in a football Shirt , we were told to cross The Road to be safe. It was Something Dangerous , unpredictable. '
" I see so many artists and creatives These Days harnessing The Power that once oppressed them and subverting to to tell their message.
" In a similar vein, I used the visual language of football (merch, branding etc) to have my say on masculinity.
" It is so much More Than a Shirt to Some People , and to others it just looks good. Either is totally valid. "
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com
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