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Poddy Calf Sitting In The Long Grass
Poddy may refer to: * George Aiston (1879–1943), Australian ethnographer and outback pioneer * Bert Davie (1899-1979), Australian cricketer and Australian rules footballer * Arthur Hiskins (1886–1971), Australian rules footballer * Podkayne "Poddy" Fries, title character of the science fiction novel ''Podkayne of Mars'' by Robert A. Heinlein * Poddy, an orphan calf Calf most often refers to: * Calf (animal), the young of domestic cattle. * Calf (leg), in humans (and other primates), the back portion of the lower leg Calf or calves may also refer to: Biology and animal byproducts * Veal, meat from calves * ... in British English {{disambig Lists of people by nickname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Aiston
George (Poddy) Aiston (1879–1943) was an Australian ethnographer Ethnography (from Greek ''ethnos'' "folk, people, nation" and ''grapho'' "I write") is a branch of anthropology and the systematic study of individual cultures. Ethnography explores cultural phenomena from the point of view of the subject o ... and outback pioneer who spent much of his life as policeman in the South Australian town of Mulka on the Birdsville Track.Philip Jones, 'Aiston, George (Poddy) (1879–1943)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/aiston-george-poddy-9320/text16359, accessed 29 August 2013. External sources * Aiston to W. H. Gill, correspondence, 1920–40 (State Library of New South Wales) * ''Savage, Life in Central Australia'' ; compiled by George Aiston and George Horne, edited and published by David M. Welsh, London, Macmillan, 1924. * ''The Aboriginal narcotic pitcheri'' George Aiston ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bert Davie
Bert Joseph James "Poddy" Davie (2 May 1899 – 3 June 1979) was an Australian sportsman who represented Tasmania and Victoria at first-class cricket and played Australian rules football with Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Davie was recruited locally to Geelong and played 14 games during the 1917 VFL season, which had been depleted due to the war, and a further 12 games in 1918. He made the seniors just once in 1919 and in what was his last game he kicked the only goal of his career. An opening batsman, Davie made his first-class debut in the 1921/22 summer, for Tasmania against Victoria at Launceston. He scored 56 in both innings and also claimed the wicket of Clarrie Grimmett. Victoria's wicket-keeper in that match, Jim Atkinson, played in the VFL and had also been Davie's opponent when he made his league debut. Davie played another first-class match a year later and then did not make another appearance until 1927, this time a Sheffield Shield fixture for Vict ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Hiskins
Arthur 'Poddy' Hiskins (9 September 1886 – 23 October 1971) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Family One of fourteen children, and the son of John Hiskins (1853-1946) and Emma Hiskins (1856-1934), née Thompson, Arthur Hiskins was born in Wahgunyah, Victoria, on 9 September 1886. He married Annie Wilhelmina "Minnie" Bett (1897-1986) in 1927. Three of his eight brothers also played senior VFL football: Fred Hiskins (1878–1946), played 50 games with Essendon, Stanley Hiskins (1890–1974), 66 games with South Melbourne, and Rupert Hiskins (1893–1976), 74 games with Carlton. His nephew, Jack Hiskins, Fred's son, played 16 games with Essendon. Football Recruited from Rutherglen Football Club, Hiskins was a versatile player who was usually used in defence but sometimes pushed up forward. He could kick the ball long distances, and was one of the faster players in the side. Player (South Melbourne) He m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Podkayne Of Mars
''Podkayne of Mars'' is a science-fiction novel by American writer Robert A. Heinlein, originally serialised in ''Worlds of If'' (November 1962, January, March 1963), and published in hardcover in 1963. The novel features a teenage girl named Podkayne "Poddy" Fries and her younger brother, Clark, who leave their home on Mars to take a trip on a spaceliner to visit Earth, accompanied by their great-uncle. Plot summary The book is a first-person narrative consisting of the diary of Podkayne Fries, a 15-year-old (Earth years) girl living on Mars with her parents and 11-year-old brother Clark. Due to the unscheduled "uncorking" (birth) of their three test-tube babies, Podkayne's parents cancel a much-anticipated trip to Earth. Disappointed, Podkayne confesses her misery to her uncle, Senator Tom Fries, an elder statesman of the Mars government. Tom arranges for Clark and Podkayne, escorted by himself, to get upgraded passage on a luxury liner to Earth. During boarding, Clark is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calf (animal)
A calf ( : calves) is a young domestic cow or bull. Calves are reared to become adult cattle or are slaughtered for their meat, called veal, and hide. The term ''calf'' is also used for some other species. See "Other animals" below. Terminology "Calf" is the term used from birth to weaning, when it becomes known as a ''weaner'' or ''weaner calf'', though in some areas the term "calf" may be used until the animal is a yearling. The birth of a calf is known as ''calving''. A calf that has lost its mother is an orphan calf, also known as a ''poddy'' or ''poddy-calf'' in British. ''Bobby calves'' are young calves which are to be slaughtered for human consumption. A ''vealer'' is a calf weighing less than about which is at about eight to nine months of age. A young female calf from birth until she has had a calf of her own is called a ''heifer'' (). In the American Old West, a motherless or small, runty calf was sometimes referred to as a dodie. The term "calf" is also used for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
