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Moonraker Brewing
Moonraker may refer to: * Moonrakers, a colloquialism for people from Wiltshire, England ''James Bond'' media franchise * ''Moonraker'' (novel), a 1955 James Bond novel by Ian Fleming * ''Moonraker'' (film), a 1979 film based on the novel * ''Moonraker'' (soundtrack), a soundtrack album from the film * '' James Bond and Moonraker'', a novelization of the 1979 film by Christopher Wood Other arts and media * Moonraker (comics), a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe * Moonraker, a 1927 novel by F. Tennyson Jesse * ''The Moonraker'' (play), a 1952 play by Arthur Watkyn * '' The Moonraker'', a 1958 British film based on the play * Moonraker, a band featuring Mike Patton Transport * Moonraker (sail), the uppermost course of sail on a fully rigged ship * ''Moonraker'', two superyachts with the same (original) owner Gautam Singhania, a Norship in 1992 and an Overmarine in 2014 * MOONRAKER, the callsign for charter airline Hi Fly Malta Hi Fly Malta is a Malt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moonrakers
Moonrakers is the colloquial name for people from Wiltshire, a county in the West Country of England. Legend This name refers to a folk story set in the time when smuggling was a significant industry in rural England, with Wiltshire lying on the smugglers' secret routes between the south coast and customers in the centre of the country. The story goes that some local people had hidden contraband barrels of French brandy from customs officers in a village pond. While trying to retrieve it at night, they were caught by the revenue men, but explained themselves by pointing to the moon's reflection and saying they were trying to rake in a round cheese. The revenue men, thinking they were simple yokels, laughed at them and went on their way. But, as the story goes, it was the moonrakers who had the last laugh. In the words of Wiltshire shepherd William Little who recounted the story to writer John Yonge Akerman: "Zo the excizeman ’as ax’d ’n the question ’ad his grin at ’n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
