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Chloris
   is the Greek God or Goddess of   
Spring
History & Mythology > Greek Gods


Proserpina
   is the Roman God of   
Spring
Her union with Pluto causes winter

History & Mythology > Roman Gods


Flora
   is the Roman God of   
Spring
History & Mythology > Roman Gods


It Might As Well Be Spring
   featured in the film   
State Fair (1945)
Movies > Songs in Films


Igor Stravinsky
   composed   
The Rite of Spring
Caused a riot at the premier performance in Paris in 1925

Music > Classical Music


Aaron Copland
   composed   
Appalachian Spring
1944

Music > Classical Music


It Might As Well Be Spring
   comes from the musical   
State Fair
Music > Broadway Musical Songs


Schumann Symphony #1
   has the nickname   
Spring
Inspired by the poem "Spring of Love" by Adolph Boettger (1841)

Music > Classical Music Nicknames


Spring
   in Italian is   
Primavera
Language > English - Italian


Primavera
   is translated as   
Spring
Language > English - Spanish


Eunsan Byeolshinje
   is described as   
8 Day Ritual Held in the Early Spring
9

Misc > Korean Culture


2007
   Tony Award winner for Best Musical was   
Spring Awakening
Music > Tony Awards - Best Musical


A Misty Winter
      
Brings a Pleasant Spring
... a pleasant winter a misty spring

Language > Irish Proverbs


Many a Sudden Change
      
Takes Place on a Spring Day
Language > Irish Proverbs


Spring
   is translated as   
Printempo
Language > English - Esperanto


Big Spring USP
   is situated in   
West Texas
United States Penitentiary

Misc > U.S. Federal Prisons


Spring Mountains
   are located in   
The U.S.A.
Geography > Mountain Ranges - World


Walk Softly, Stranger (1950)
   starred   
Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli and Spring Byington
Director: Robert Stevenson

Movies > Movies of the 1950s


Nestle Aberfoyle Natural Spring Water
   used the slogan   
"Pure Life"
Entertainment > Advertising Slogans


Lava, Dove, Dial, Irish Spring
   are all   
Brands of Bar Soap
Misc > Common Threads 2


Rachel Carson
   wrote   
Silent Spring
1962

Arts & Literature > Books


Porky's Spring Planting (1938)
   featured   
Porky Pig
Entertainment > Looney Tunes Short Films


"Here We Lie Entranced by the Starlit Water, and Moments That Should Each Last Forever Slide Unconsciously by Us Like Water."
   are the closing lines of   
Another Spring by Kenneth Rexroth
Arts & Literature > Poetry Closing Lines


Spring Mountain District
   is situated in   
California
Misc > Wine Appellations - U.S.A.


Celusse
   is the elvish word for   
Rocky Spring Flow
Language > J.R.R. Tolkien Elvish - English


Anglo-Australian Telescope
    is located in   
Siding Spring Observatory, Australia
Built 1974. First computer controlled telescope in the world

Science & Nature > World Telescopes - Locations


UK Schmidt Telescope
    is located in   
Siding Spring Observatory, Australia
Built 1973. Recently completed a "red-shift" survey of 120,000 galaxies

Science & Nature > World Telescopes - Locations


Nectarine
   has a variety named   
Spring Diamond
Yellow flesh

Misc > Fruit and Vegetable Varieties


Peach
   has a variety named   
Spring Snow
White flesh

Misc > Fruit and Vegetable Varieties


Peach
   has a variety named   
Spring Lady
Yellow flesh

Misc > Fruit and Vegetable Varieties


Hane Makikomi
   is translated into English as   
Spring Wrap-around Throw
Your opponent hits the floor and you land on top of them. Ouch.

Sports & Leisure > Judo Techniques - Translations


Spring
   in French is   
Printemps
Language > English - French


William Carlos Williams
   wrote   
Spring and All
Long poem, 1923; "By the road to the contagious hospital"

Arts & Literature > Poetry


E. E. Cummings
   wrote   
Spring is Like a Perhaps Hand
"...(which comes carefully out of Nowhere) arranging a window"

Arts & Literature > Poetry


Kenneth Rexroth
   wrote   
Now the Starlit Moonless Spring
"...night stands over the Fountaine De Medicis"

Arts & Literature > Poetry


Spring Forward, Fall Back
   is a mnemonic for the   
Clock Adjustment for Daylight Savings Time
Adjust clocks ahead in April and then behind in October.

Language > Fun With Mnemonics


Ismail Kadare
   wrote   
Spring Flowers, Spring Frost
Arts & Literature > Books


Ivan Turgenev
   wrote   
Spring Torrents
Arts & Literature > Books


It Might As Well Be Spring
   was featured in   
State Fair
1945 - Composed by Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II

Movies > Academy Award for Best Original Song


Too Busy to Work (1939)
   starred   
Jed Prouty, Spring Byington and Kenneth Howell
Director: Otto Brower. Also starred George Ernest, June Carlson & Florence Roberts. Plot: The Jones family females decide to teach Father (Prouty) a lesson. He's neglecting the family business to run for mayor...

Movies > Movies of the 1930s


Appalachian Spring
   was choreographed by   
Martha Graham
First premiered in 1944. Music by Aaron Copland.

Arts & Literature > Ballet Choreographers


Rachel Carson
   wrote   
Silent Spring
1962. Science. Considered the first book on environmentalism

Arts & Literature > Great Non Fiction - Science Maths and Technology


Paul Bowles
   wrote   
The Thicket of Spring
1972

Arts & Literature > Poetry Collections


Vladimir Nabokov
   wrote   
Spring in Fialta
Arts & Literature > Fiction - Short Stories


John Gardner
   wrote   
The Ravages of Spring
In The King's Indian

Arts & Literature > Fiction - Short Stories


Geyser
   means   
A Hot Spring That Throws Hot Water and Steam Into the Air
The heat is thought to result from the contact of groundwater with magma bodies.

Science & Nature > Geology


Fame Is the Spur by Howard Spring
   was titled from the literary source   
Lycidas
John Milton

Arts & Literature > Book Titles - Literary Sources


The City of Eternal Spring
   is a nickname for   
Cuernavaca
Morelos, Mexico

Geography > City Nicknames


Tom Spring
   fought out of   
England
Pioneer. Inducted 1992

Sports & Leisure > International Boxing Hall of Fame


Aaron Copland
   received the Pulitzer Prize for   
Appalachian Spring
Ballet; 1945

Music > Pulitzer Prize for Music








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