Wedder Holm, Uyea
A wedder or wedders refer to married person(s). It may also refer to: * Wether Holm (other), several of the Shetland Islands, Scotland * Thomas Wedders * Gustav Weder, Swiss bobsledder * shortening of Wedderborg The Wedderborg (; Borough of Wedde) is a ''borg'', a type of castle in Groningen, in the village of Wedde in the Netherlands. The building has 14th, 15th, and 16th-century elements and is currently used as a hotel and restaurant. Wedderborg was ...

Marriage
Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a culturally and often legally recognized union between people called spouses. It establishes rights and obligations between them, as well as between them and their children, and between them and their in-laws. It is considered a cultural universal, but the definition of marriage varies between cultures and religions, and over time. Typically, it is an institution in which interpersonal relationships, usually sexual, are acknowledged or sanctioned. In some cultures, marriage is recommended or considered to be compulsory before pursuing any sexual activity. A marriage ceremony is called a wedding. Individuals may marry for several reasons, including legal, social, libidinal, emotional, financial, spiritual, and religious purposes. Whom they marry may be influenced by gender, socially determined rules of incest, prescriptive marriage rules, parental choice, and individual desire. In some areas of the world, arrang ...
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Wether Holm (other)
Wether Holm or Wedder Holm is the name of several Shetland Islands in Scotland. It means 'small and rounded islet of the wether'. * Wether Holm, Hamnavoe, by Samphrey in Yell Sound * Wether Holm, Out Skerries, in the Out Skerries * Wether Holm, West Linga, near Whalsay * Wedder Holm, Uyea, by Uyea, Unst Uyea ( sco, Uyea) is an uninhabited island, lying south of Unst in Shetland, Scotland. History The island was inhabited as early as the Bronze Age, and a chambered cairn can still be seen. In the twelfth century, Saint Olaf's chapel overlook ...

Thomas Wedders
'Thomas Wadhouse, born in Yorkshire, England, circa 1730, was a performer in various circus sideshows in the mid-18th century. He is chiefly known for having the world's longest nose, allegedly measuring 20 cm (7.8 inches) long. Beyond his large nose, little is known about Wedders's life. ''Guinness World Records'' is unable to verify the length of Wedders's nose as he died before the invention of the camera. A wax reproduction of his head is in the ''Ripley's Believe It or Not!'' museum in London. In 1896, ''The Strand Magazine ''The Strand Magazine'' was a monthly British magazine founded by George Newnes, composed of short fiction and general interest articles. It was published in the United Kingdom from January 1891 to March 1950, running to 711 issues, though the ...'' elaborated: Thus, if noses were ever uniformly exact in representing the importance of the individual, this worthy ought to have amassed all the money in Thread needle Street and conquered all Europe, ...
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Gustav Weder
Gustav Weder (born 2 August 1961 in Diepoldsau) is a Swiss bobsledder who competed from the late 1980s to the early 1990s. Competing in three Winter Olympics, he won four medals with two gold (Two-man: 1992, 1994), one silver (Four-man: 1994), and one bronze (Four-man: 1992). Weder also won eight medals at the FIBT World Championships with four golds (Two-man: 1990, Four-man: 1989, 1990, 1993) and four silvers (Two-man: 1989, 1991, 1993; Four-man: 1991). He was also a Bobsleigh World Cup champion four times (Combined men's: 1988-9, 1990-1; Two-man: 1988-9, Four-man: 1990-1). Known for his intensity, Weder would videotape every one of his bobsleigh runs he raced on and study those videos for hours. It was so intense that Weder was caught one night during the FIBT World Championships 1990 in St. Moritz scrapping ice off of a difficult corner on the track Track or Tracks may refer to: Routes or imprints * Ancient trackway, any track or trail whose ...
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