In his fit of insanity he killed his son, whom he mistook for a stock of mature ivy, and Ambrosia, who was transformed into the grapevine.

Work was undertaken during the 19th century to protect the stonework from further decline, with particular efforts to remove ivy from the castle in the 1860s.

* Kenneth Rexroth's One Hundred Poems from the Japanese ( New Directions, 1955, ISBN 0-8112-0181-3 ) contains several of Hitomaro's waka, as well as notable translations of 3 naga uta (" In the sea of ivy clothed Iwami ", " The Bay of Tsyunu ", and " When she was still alive ")

In 1927 an upper deck was added, and in 1937, Bill Veeck, the son of the club president, planted ivy vines against the outfield walls.

They were originally marked by wooden numbers cut from plywood, painted white, and placed in gaps where the ivy was not allowed to grow.

It was once considered a subspecies of Poison ivy.

She was portrayed as a young woman with a joyous air, crowned with ivy, wearing boots and holding a comic mask in her hand.

In Greek mythology, a thyrsus or thyrsos () was a staff of giant fennel ( Ferula communis ) covered with ivy vines and leaves, sometimes wound with taeniae and always topped with a pine cone.

He was killed when Lycurgus went insane and mistook him for a mature trunk of ivy, a plant holy to the god Dionysus, whose cult Lycurgus was attempting to extirpate.

In 1927, when ivy was being stripped from the outside walls, one of the buttresses collapsed revealing a find of Norman-worked stones, which were later reassembled for safekeeping in the roof stair space.

The first drawings of Bodiam Castle date from the mid-18th century, when it was depicted as a ruin overgrown with ivy.

Because there was then a fashion for ruins covered in ivy, the vegetation was not removed despite its detrimental effect on the masonry, and the trees which had taken root in the courtyard were left.

In 1919 the ivy was removed from Old Court and a roughcast rendering was put in its place, followed by a major restoration in 1952 paid for by donations from old members.

He was a favorite of photographers because of his flamboyant attire of ivy caps and patterned pants, which were a cross between plus fours and knickerbockers, a throwback to the once-commonplace golf " uniform.

It was overgrown with ivy and was recently renovated to keep it safe and stable.

" Ivy " was used to describe the bridge, because there was ivy growing on the bridge.

Bundle, previously told by Jimmy and Bill that there was no part in their plans for her, had meekly acquiesced but instead had changed her clothes into something more suitable, climbed down the ivy outside her room and had promptly run into Superintendent Battle, also on his own watch outside the house.

( Bill Veeck Jr. was 23 years old when the ivy was planted ).

Una wrote to Julian that their mother's grave was " on a sunny hillside looking towards the east ... We had a head and footstone of white marble, with a place for flowers between, and Rose and I planted some ivy there that I had brought from America, and a periwinkle from papa's grave.

They were planted with ivy, flowers, and trees by landscape architect Beatrix Jones Farrand with an eye to increased privacy as well as street beautification.

To keep her family from uncovering evidence of her wildlife adventures, she planted poison ivy along the path that led to where she kept her wilderness gear.

Cuttings from ivy that adorned the house were also taken and planted when the house was re-erected in Melbourne.

The ballpark is famous for its outfield walls which are covered by ivy.

The only people to complain about the arrangements were the royal servants, who found the house too small, though Queen Mary annoyed her niece by having the ancient ivy torn from the walls as she considered it unattractive and a hazard.

The seed is surrounded by a double shell containing an allergenic phenolic resin, anacardic acid, a potent skin irritant chemically related to the more well known allergenic oil urushiol which is also a toxin found in the related poison ivy.

Properly roasting cashews destroys the toxin, but it must be done outdoors as the smoke ( not unlike that from burning poison ivy ) contains urushiol droplets which can cause severe, sometimes life-threatening, reactions by irritating the lungs.

Others climb by way of adventitious, clinging roots ( e. g., ivy, Hedera species ), with twining petioles ( e. g., Clematis species ), or using tendrils, which can be specialized shoots ( Vitaceae ), leaves ( Bignoniaceae ), or even inflorescences ( Passiflora ).

Hereupon the god showed himself to them in his own majesty: Vines began to twine round the vessel, and Bacchus stood crowned with grapes, holding his thyrsus ( a staff with a pine cone on top, wrapped with vines and ivy leaves ) and surrounded by panthers and tigers.

During these rites, the maenads would dress in fawn skins and carry a thyrsus, a long stick wrapped in ivy or vine leaves and tipped by a cluster of leaves ; they would weave ivy-wreaths around their heads, and often handle or wear snakes.

This also occurs with the three daughters of Minyas, who reject Dionysus and remain true to their household duties, becoming startled by invisible drums, flutes, cymbals, and seeing ivy hanging down from their looms.

In terms of symbolism, Tinia has the thunderbolt and the rod of power, and is generally accompanied by the eagle and sometimes has a wreath of ivy round his head, in addition to the other insignia of Jove.

One enters Shattuck by driving through the stone arch which frames the stone buildings comprising the original campus ; this image has been used in many movies when the director wishes to represent an elite, ivy league type school.

Brasenose members are then served an ale by Lincoln College, which is traditionally flavoured with ground ivy.

One hill in town started out as the coal slag pile and now has been carpeted by ivy and trees.

He is also commemorated on the first Sunday after the anniversary of his death on October 6, known as " Ivy Day ", which originated when the mourners at his funeral in 1891, taking their cue from a wreath of ivy sent by a Cork woman " as the best offering she could afford ", took ivy leaves from the walls and stuck them in their lapels.

Ever after, the ivy leaf became the Parnellite emblem, worn by his followers when they gathered to honour their lost leader.

An oatmeal bath, made by adding a cup of finely ground oatmeal to one's bathwater, is also commonly used to ease the discomfort associated with such things as chickenpox, poison ivy, eczema, sunburn and dry skin.

In September 2005, current president Lou Anna Simon called for MSU, one of the public ivy institutions, to become the global model leader for Land Grant institutions by the year 2012.

Several magnificent sandstone structures, built by convicts working under hard labour conditions, were cleaned of ivy overgrowth and restored to a condition similar to their appearance in the 19th century.

The " public ivy " branding, instituted by former university president F. King Alexander, had been largely discontinued by December 2008.

By the second half of the eighteenth century, the abbey, by then partially roofless and overgrown with trees and ivy, had become a famous ruin that attracted the attention of artists, dramatists and poets.