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A rooster pictured in the coat of arms of Laitila, a town in Finland
Chickens have been widely used as national symbols, and as mascots for clubs, businesses, and other associations.
The chicken is a national symbol of France and is used as an (unofficial) national mascot, in particular for sports teams. See also: Gallic rooster.
The Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) independent party ZANU party used a chicken as a symbol, since a majority of Rhodesian citizens (mostly native African black) were analphabetic due to lack of school funding for the poor, so they use symbol or mascot to identify their political party.
The standard of Sir Robin from Monty Python and the Holy Grail is a chicken.
The town of Denizli in Republic of Turkey is symbolized by a chicken.
The town of Gallarate in Italy has two roosters in its coat of arms (in Italian, the word "gallo" is used both for "Gallic" and for "rooster"). Other neighboring towns have a similar coat of arms, but without roosters (e.g. Busto Arsizio[1]).
The mascot of the English Premiership team Tottenham Hotspur is a cockerel.
Sydney Roosters Australian rugby league team
The North Adelaide Football Club are also nicknamed the Roosters.
The Rhode Island Red is the state bird of Rhode Island.
Pathé corporate logo
The athletic teams of the University of South Carolina "The USC" (the original USC) use the Gamecock (the fighting cock) as mascot and use the "Gamecocks" as their moniker.
Clube Atlético Mineiro, a soccer team in the Brazilian League has a rooster for mascot and is nicknamed "Galo" (Rooster).
Fighting Cock brand of Bourbon uses a mean rooster as their trademark.
The State Bird of Delaware is the Blue Hen, as well being the Mascot for the University of Delaware sports teams.
Packets of the popular cereal Cornflakes from Kellogg's prominently feature a cockerel.
The Big Chicken of Marietta, Georgia houses a Kentucky Fried Chicken location, and is used as a navigational aid for local military pilots.
Hector Chicken is the eponymous bird who gives his name to the fast food restaurant chain in Belgium and France.
Le Coq Sportif or "the athletic rooster" is a French sports equipment manufacturer.
Chickens have been widely used as national symbols, and as mascots for clubs, businesses, and other associations. The chicken is a national symbol of...
A chicken-and-egg problem is shown to exist between the emergence of symbolic thought and language: language is said to be the medium of symbolic thought...
decorated with grotesques. Other exterior structural designs include symbolicchickens representing daytime and owls for nighttime and ring-enclosed white...
Symbolics, Inc., was a privately held American computer manufacturer that acquired the assets of the former company and continues to sell and maintain...
There are numerous cultural references to chickens in myth, folklore, religion, and literature. Chickens are a sacred animal in many cultures, being deeply...
sterile), but backcrosses with domestic chicken are sometimes achieved and thus several landraces of Pacific chickens have some Bekisar ancestry. While the...
used up in the preceding week, called Cheesefare Week. During Lent, since chickens would not stop producing eggs during this time, a larger than usual store...
parts of Indonesia, certain types of satay are attributed with different symbolic meanings. Especially Bali stands out: the popular on this island satay...
include both practical uses, such as for food, sport, and transport, and symbolic uses, such as in art and mythology. Mammals have played a crucial role...
ISBN 978-1-137-43543-9. Poche, Dixie Lee (2023). Cajun Mardi Gras: A History of Chasing Chickens and Making Gumbo. Arcadia Publishing. p. 18. ISBN 978-1-4396-7679-0. Gutierrez...
crustaceans, and bivalve or gastropod molluscs are hunted or farmed for food. Chickens, cattle, sheep, pigs, and other animals are raised as livestock for meat...
which would repeal the meal. It did not pass and was only intended as a symbolic measure. Everett, Dianna, "State Meal", The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History...
about a charming but hapless anthropomorphized chicken; the only black one in a family of yellow chickens. He wears half of his egg shell still on his head...
Ren Dunhuang Star Chart Feng shui Four Pillars of Destiny Qimen Dunjia Symbolic stars Synoptical astrology Tai Sui Tai Yi Shen Shu Traditional Chinese...
Color Line: Images of African Americans in Popular Culture, 1893–1917". Symbolic Interaction. 15 (4): 413–433. doi:10.1525/si.1992.15.4.413. ISSN 0195-6086...
because she considered it "untrainable" after it killed another family's chickens. Responding to widespread criticism, she argued that she was a "responsible...
imitation of natural sounds does not necessarily gain meaning, but can gain symbolic meaning.[clarification needed] An example of this sound symbolism in the...
right before Scary Chicken was to hit the stage at Broadway Joe's a while back!), and atmosphere. "As Scary Chicken is symbolic of the Buffalo Music...
in a popular British magazine in 1900, and the dish is often considered symbolic of the United Kingdom. The food restrictions during and after WWII expanded...
culmination of a unique pattern of symbolic activity in our nervous systems, which suggests that the pattern of symbolic activity that makes identity, that...
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