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hobby horse
The term "hobby horse" is used, principally by folklorists, to refer to the costumed characters that feature in some traditional seasonal customs, processions and similar observances around the world. They are particularly associated with May Da ...
is a costume or character involved in traditional customs such as the morris dance and mummers' play.
Hobby horse or hobbyhorse may also refer to:
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Hobby horse (toy)
A hobby horse (or hobby-horse) is a child's toy horse. Children played at riding a wooden hobby horse made of a straight stick with a small horse's head (of wood or stuffed fabric), and perhaps reins, attached to one end. The bottom end of the ...
, a toy horse, consisting of a model of a horse's head attached to a stick
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The Hobby Horse
''The Hobby Horse'' was a quarterly Victorian periodical in England published by the Century Guild of Artists. The magazine ran from 1884 to 1894 and spanned a total of seven volumes and 28 issues. It featured various articles not only on arts ...
'', the magazine of the Century Guild of Artists from 1886 to 1892
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''The Hobby Horse'' (film), a 1962 Australian television play
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Irish Hobby
The Irish Hobby is an extinct breed of horse developed in Ireland prior to the 13th century. The breed provided foundation bloodlines for several modern horse breeds, including breeds as diverse as the Connemara pony and the Irish Draught. Pa ...
, an extinct breed of horse
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Mary Hopkin
Mary Hopkin (born 3 May 1950), credited on some recordings as Mary Visconti from her marriage to Tony Visconti, is a Welsh singer-songwriter best known for her 1968 UK number 1 single "Those Were the Days". She was one of the first artists ...
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Dandy horse
The dandy horse, a derogatory term for what was first called a Laufmaschine (in German), then a vélocipède or draisienne (in French and then English), and then a pedestrian curricle or hobby-horse, or swiftwalker, is a human-powered vehicle th ...
or hobby horse, an early form of bicycle
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Hobby horsing
Hobby horsing is a hobby with gymnastic elements which uses hobby horse (toy), hobby horses, also known as stick horses. Movement sequences similar to those in show jumping or dressage are partly simulated in courses, without real horses being u ...
, a hobby and sport popularised in Finland
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Hobby horse polo, a polo with a hobby horse
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