Originating in the Palermo area, cannoli were historically prepared as a treat during Carnevale season, possibly as a fertility symbol ; one legend assigns their origin to the harem of Caltanissetta.

Originating from different ethnic associations, Belarusian ( and also Polish and Lithuanian ) Tatars back in ancient days lost their native language and adopted Belarusian, Polish and Russian.

Originating in 1842 as a day for farmers to gather at the county seat to trade their agricultural goods, today Tater Day is a celebration that includes a festival and parade.

Originating from the Italian parole (“ voice ”, “ spoken words ”), the term became associated during the Middle Ages with the release of prisoners who gave their word of honor to abide by certain restrictions.

Originating when the African American members of the integrated Fire-Baptized Holiness Church withdrew to form their own organization, the church was founded at Greer, South Carolina in 1908.

Originating from the gentlemen of Vizcaya, they joined with the first Spanish nobles and proved their nobility innumerable times in the Military and Royal Orders of the Maestranzas de Caballieras, the soceity of nobleman of Spain for practicing equestrian exercises.

Originating from the area around the town of Roscoff known as Bro Rosko, in Brittany, Onion Johnnies are farmers who find a more profitable market in England than at home, and typically bring their harvest across the English Channel in July to store in rented barns, returning home in December or January.

Originating before the mechanical clock itself, in water clocks, such clocks were the earliest striking clocks ; they rang once for each canonical hour, and were used as reminders to summon monks or nuns to their prayers.

Originating from German concepts of Auftragstaktik, these tactics may be developing even more rapidly in the concept of network-centric warfare, where subordinate commanders receive information not only from their own commanders, but from adjacent units.

Originating in Samoa ( English missionaries introduced their game of cricket in the early 19th century ), it spread throughout Polynesia and can now be found around the world in areas with strong Polynesian populations.

Originating in moral philosophy ( e. g., Adam Smith was professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Glasgow ), political economy of health is the study of how economies of states — polities, hence political economy-influence aggregate population health outcomes.

Originating from Nesa, they conquered Hattusa in the 18th century BC, imposing themselves over Hattian and Hurrian speaking populations ( Hurrian was a Language Isolate and Hattian a Northwest Caucasian language ).

Originating in either Western Scotland or Ireland, the sparr was widely used by the galloglass.

Originating about 1650 to 1700, it was sparked by philosophers Baruch Spinoza ( 1632 – 1677 ), John Locke ( 1632 – 1704 ), Pierre Bayle ( 1647 – 1706 ), physicist Isaac Newton ( 1643 – 1727 ), and philosopher Voltaire ( 1694 – 1778 ).

Originating in the Middle East, they were introduced to continental Europe via Italy and Spain ... Italian examples of this ornament, which was often used for bookbindings and embroidery, are known from as early as the late fifteenth century.

Originating in a USO activity created by Canadian Don Reid for World War II soldiers, the game was developed into a radio show by Reid and John Moses.

Originating in 12th century France and lasting into the 16th century, Gothic architecture was known during the period as " Frankish work " (), with the term Gothic first appearing during the latter part of the Renaissance.

Originating within the Gardnerian tradition of the Craft, the first Book of Shadows was created by the pioneering Wiccan Gerald Gardner sometime in the late 1940s or early 1950s, and which he utilised first in his Bricket Wood coven and then in other covens which he founded in following decades.

Originating as a term in the United States in the first half of the twentieth century, it became popular again in the UK in the 1950s, where it was mainly associated with musician Lonnie Donegan and played a major part in beginning the careers of later eminent jazz, pop, blues, folk and rock musicians.

Originating in the 12th century, it was partially re-built by James Fowler of Louth in 1870.

Originating in the 1660s a pervert was originally defined as " one who has forsaken a doctrine or system regarded as true, apostate.

Originating with a band, named British Lion, which he managed and wrote with in the early 1990s, Harris kept in touch with its vocalist, Richard Taylor, and guitarist, Graham Leslie, and the album, consisting of 1970s influenced hard rock songs, was written and recorded over a number of years around Iron Maiden's tour schedule.

Originating from collections within the British Museum, the landmark Alfred Waterhouse building was built and opened by 1881, and later incorporated the Geological Museum.

Originating in Ibach, Switzerland, the Swiss Army knife was first produced in 1891 after the company Karl Elsener, which later became Victorinox, won the contract to produce the Swiss Army's Modell 1890 knife from the previous German manufacturer.

Originating from the Union of Democrats for the Republic ( Union des Démocrates pour la République, UDR ), it was founded by Jacques Chirac in 1976 and presented itself as the heir of Gaullism.

Originating in Southern California during the late 1940s and continuing approximately into the mid-1960s, Googie-themed architecture was popular among motels, coffee houses and gas stations.

Originating from Germanic folklore, the imp was a small lesser demon.

Originating from Lincoln, Nebraska, AIROS was founded in 1992.

Originating as a critically hailed comic book series, the story was written by the pair with Gary Shipman illustrating the series.

Originating in the New Deal, this procedure was a protocol for deciding where federal, state and city funds would go for financial services.

Originating in southern Europe, the European Mantis was introduced to North America in 1899 on a shipment of nursery plants.

Originating from the pre-Weimar National Liberals, it was a centre-right national liberal party.

Originating with the introduction of the Mazda 121 in 1987, this B-segment small car was based on the Mazda D-platform.

Originating in the English village of Cheddar in Somerset, it is now produced in several countries around the world.

Originating in the 1770s, the Jeannot party formed around the radical lawyer and Connétable, Jean Dumaresq, who opposed the cabal of Jurats who surrounded Lieutenant-Bailiff Charles Lemprière ( whose supporters became known as the Charlot party ).

Originating as a sideshow exhibition in North American traveling carnivals and vaudeville halls, professional wrestling grew into a standalone genre of entertainment with many diverse variations in cultures around the globe, and is now considered a multi-million dollar entertainment industry.

Originating in the Levant and around the world, immigrants arrived with diverse cultural backgrounds and contributed to the development of Israeli culture, which follows cultural trends and changes across the globe as well as expressing a unique spirit of its own.

Originating in northeastern Iran around 800 BC, qanats brought the water from the snow melt to the plains for irrigation and human use.

Originating from Sri Lanka in forested streams from the Kelani basin to the Nilwala basin, they are found in streams on hills around 1000 ft ( 300 m ) in elevation.

Originating from China, they were first introduced to North America around 1895 as a source of pest control.

Originating around Dindigul in Tamil Nadu, India is prepared using a small rice called seeraga samba and with special ingredients.