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* '''Howth Hill:''' the [[Howth|Hill of Howth]] in Dublin
 
* '''Howth Hill:''' the [[Howth|Hill of Howth]] in Dublin
  
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* '''Old Howard:''' a Boston theater, the Howard Athenaeum. founded in 1845. Started as a legitimate theater, by the beginning of the twentieth century it had become one of the most notorious burlesque houses in the US. → [[Shimmy and shake]]
 
* '''Howitt Mountains:''' an Australian mountain range
 
* '''Howitt Mountains:''' an Australian mountain range
 
** [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/JoyceColl/JoyceColl-idx?type=turn&entity=JoyceColl001300130389 A Finnegans Wake Gazetteer]
 
** [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/JoyceColl/JoyceColl-idx?type=turn&entity=JoyceColl001300130389 A Finnegans Wake Gazetteer]

Latest revision as of 15:32, 30 May 2012

  • as old as the hills: (phrase) very old
  • Old Howard: a Boston theater, the Howard Athenaeum. founded in 1845. Started as a legitimate theater, by the beginning of the twentieth century it had become one of the most notorious burlesque houses in the US. → Shimmy and shake
  • Howitt Mountains: an Australian mountain range