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	Blue Ridge Country: Elephant Hanging in Tennessee
		Mary was billed as "the largest living land animal on earth"; her owner claimed she was three inches bigger than Jumbo, P.T. Barnum's famous pachyderm.
		Eldridge was hired as an elephant handler and marched in the circus parade that afternoon.
		Tusks or no tusks, Mary or a superimposed substitute: The photograph revealing the hung elephant is a mirror of the times, in which Old Testament, frontier justice was served (Mary had, after all, killed two or three or 18 men), and people's insatiable hunger for grotesquery was, at least temporarily, satisfied.
	www.blueridgecountry.com /elephant/elephant.html (2346 words)

	The Hanging of Mary the Elephant
		Mary, the elephant was hanged by a railroad derrick car at the Clinchfield Railroad yard.
		Mary's foot was chained to the track and the derrick chain put on her neck.
		Mary was buried on railroad property near where she was hanged.
	www.rootsweb.com /~tnunicoi/mary.htm (1144 words)

	madonna
		In this sense, it relates to the medieval aesthetic of ugliness in which visual dissonance and distortion were used in art to urge the viewer to move beyond the superficial material plane to a higher level of spiritual contemplation.
		This attitude enjoyed a long life; a writer at the court of Charlemagne attacked the adoration of imagery by pointing to the problem of accurately identifying a statue of a beautiful woman with a child on her lap.
		Mary has often been cast as the counterpoint to Eve--woman as the agent of sin and death vs. woman as vehicle of redemption.
	www.mtholyoke.edu /offices/comm/csj/991008/madonna.html (883 words)

	Mary the Elephant • Kenya Adventure Story
		Mary was becoming increasingly curious about her surroundings and started to wander off the beaten paths to explore.
		Mary already knew the plane from her years up at the Ranch and invariably turned out to meet us at the Park airstrip, although prudently keeping well clear of the landing and taxi areas.
		Mary had spent her first night away from Eleanor, out of the stockades and in the company of a group of free-roaming Elephants.
	www.animalorphanagekenya.com /members/mary_elephant_2.php (4085 words)

	Mary the Elephant • Against All Odds
		Mary and other matters around the Ranch had diverted us from any advance festive preparations, which this year were to be a haphazard, last minute affair.
		Mary would also become a great ambassador for her own kind, both as a point of reference for the naturally gentle nature and intelligence of the African Elephant and, more importantly, a focal point of public attention to the plight of the species, still under serious threat from relentless poaching for Ivory in Africa.
		Mary was always the star of their visit, of course and she was unfailingly amiable and gentle with them all - with the smallest kids especially, allowing them all to crowd round, stroking, patting and poking at will.
	www.animalorphanagekenya.com /members/mary_elephant.php (4994 words)

	The Elephant Sanctuary, Hohenwald, Tennessee
		The 53-year-old Asian elephant was euthanized Saturday at the sanctuary after staff members were unable to get her to her feet after she fell.
		Preya was the fourth Asian elephant born at the zoo in a world-class
		One reason is because many of the elephants giving birth in zoos and wildlife parks are first-time mothers - just as the elephant at Disney's Animal Kingdom is -- and it is not unusual for those elephant mothers to lose their first calves.
	www.elephants.com /globalnews_deaths_03.htm (4452 words)

	Mary Burke — Merritt Burke : ZoomInfo Business People Information
		Mary B. Burke of Pittston died Sunday at Manorcare Health Services, Kingston.Born May 15, 1912, she was the daughter of the late...
		Mary Burke, R.N. Mary Burke is a married mother of six, grandmother of 14 and a successful distributor with...
		MARY R., 88, of Wayne, formerly of River Edge, died Monday.Before retiring in 1981, she was a customer service...
	www.zoominfo.com /people/level2page5376.aspx (1428 words)

	GoTricities.com > 1916 Elephant Hanging Still Haunts Erwin, TN
		Mary was executed for trampling her handler, and tales about the bizarre hanging on a rainy afternoon in 1916 have endured for generations.
		When the elephant stopped to nibble on a watermelon rind, Eldridge hit her head with a stick.
		Witnesses said Mary broke her hip and did not squirm as much when she was hoisted the second and final time.
	www.gotricities.com /content/article.dna?idnumber=020603132233 (716 words)

	MARY - Elephant Orphan History - David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust
		Eleanor was never very fond of Mary, probably viewing her as a threat to her Matriarchal status, since Mary was a lot older than the others in the group.
		From l994 Mary began to spend a lot of time away from Eleanor, often with other wild herds, and sometimes with just "Taru" of whom she has always been very fond.
		When Eleanor's unit returned to the dry season range in February l996, Mary and her baby (and Taru) were with them, but our Keepers reported that Eleanor was very possessive of the new arrival, encouraging it to suckle her, instead of Mary, and shoving Mary around every time she approached.
	www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.org /asp/orphan_profile.asp?N=22 (379 words)

	snarkout: the death of topsy
		Topsy the Elephant had killed three people, and even if one of them had fed her a lit cigarette, no one was much interested in granting clemency.
		Luna Park on Coney Island featured a number of elephants who gave rides to the amusement park's guests, and there was no way that they were going to let a rogue elephant remain at the park.
		The concept of animal cruelty being a more flexible one then; the ASPCA had objected to the original plan to hang Topsy, so unlike Mary the elephant, hanged in 1916, Topsy was going to die in the most modern and humane way possible: she was going to be electrocuted.
	www.snarkout.org /archives/2002/09/24 (1113 words)

	SSPXAfrica.com: Elephant!
		The elephant too had come out of the church and had idled over to the second playground where the new wing is under construction.
		Worse--would you believe it?--some boys who were spared by the elephant, rather than aid their wounded companions, joined the monstrous brute to find new victims.
		The elephant, meanwhile, continued its slaughter, aided by several lads who dashed about, wielding one sword or two and preventing their companions from running to Mary.
	www.sspxafrica.com /documents/2000_May/Elephant.htm (1073 words)

	Big Mary. Roadside Pet Cemetery
		Big Mary was part of a circus that was touring eastern Tennessee.
		She immediately stomped him to death (tradition has it that the trainer was a bad man and that Big Mary held a grudge).
		Big Mary was positioned beneath the crane and then yanked aloft by a chain around her neck -- which promptly broke and sent her plummeting to the concrete, knocking her unconscious.
	www.roadsideamerica.com /pet/bigmary.html (432 words)

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		Lawson shared his memories of the time when he was a youngster taken by his uncle to see the hanging of an elephant.
		Seems Alma was a youngster in Kingsport for the circus and saw Mary, "Murderous Mary" as Alma refers to her, kill her handler.
		The tale of Mary, the elephant, is certainly an interesting, though troubling story.
	www.wbir.com /printfullstory.aspx?storyid=26626 (596 words)

	Opposition to Exhibit Is Defense of Mary as Icon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Popular devotion to Mary has been on the rise during the last two decades, emphasized by Pope John Paul II and also by trends outside official church circles.
		One place with insight into popular perceptions of Mary is Dayton University in Ohio, a Catholic institution with a library housing the world's largest collection of texts and other items related to Mary.
		Among its small statues is one of Mary dressed in an elaborate Japanese kimono, another in the garb of a Dutch housewife and a third carved from ebony showing her in African robes.
	dh.ryoshuu.com /press/19991003_a.html (959 words)

	Selected links to elephant websites around the world
		Friends of the Elephant is a Dutch organisation dedicated to the protection of elephants against Ivory poachers, farmers who find them troublesome and the kidnapping of baby elephants.
		The Elephant Listening Project (ELP) of the Cornell Bioacoustics Research Program was founded in 1999 to assess the potential of acoustic monitoring as a tool for evaluating the abundance and health of elephants living in the dense forest.
		The non-profit International Elephant Foundation (IEF) was established in 1998 for the purpose of contributing expertise and providing funds to support elephant conservation programs worldwide, including protection of elephants in the wild and of their habitats, scientific research, education efforts, and improvements in captive elephant care.
	www.elephant.se /elephant_links.php (917 words)

	Chris Ofili \| postmedia
		The Turner alone insists on discriminating between art that is interesting and art that is The Best.In Chris Ofili's painting The Adoration of Captain Shit And The Legend Of The Black Stars, white hands clutch at the pants of a fl superhero who ignores their need.
		What all these artists share, and what the Turner Prize with its atmosphere of a great event brings out in their work, is a desire to communicate with the broadest possible public.
		The Chris Ofili known for his elephant dung and his pop iconography is absolutely in this tradition.
	www.postmedia.net /999/ofili.htm (1105 words)

	planetdan
		The whole story behind the absurd, sad story of Murderous Mary the Elephant and her eventual execution is here, but the page seems to be available only sporadically.
		I'll paraphrase it for you just in case it's inaccessible: Eighty years ago, Mary the circus elephant smooshed her handler's head like a watermelon.
		I don't know which is worse, the excruciating tale itself or that some slattern thought it would be a swell idea to "memorialize" the event with a shop called The Hanging Elephant Antiques, complete with sign showing Mary swinging from the crane in silhouette.
	www.planetdan.net /blog/2005/07/that-just-dont-seem-right.htm (627 words)

	Exhibit controversy makes coffee-table book a hot item -- September 28, 1999
		Chris Ofili's "The Holy Virgin Mary," a painting of the religious icon splattered with elephant dung.
		A battle over one work in the exhibit -- "The Holy Virgin Mary" by Chris Ofili of Manchester, England -- has been raging with particular heat for several days and has come to serve as a kind of icon for this latest skirmish in the American art-and-public-funding debate.
		With this piece serving as a representative flash point, the exhibit and Giuliani's anger at its use of public funds has drawn in Hillary Rodham Clinton -- expected to vie with the mayor for a U.S. Senate seat from New York.
	www.cnn.com /books/news/9909/28/saatchi.book/index.html (570 words)

	God of Biscuits: Comment on Piss Christ & Mary [With Elephant Dung] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Ofili's Mary has been on my mind lately, as I got so pissed off reading a recent local (SoCal) letter to the editor.
		It was obvious the idiot had never really seen the work in question -- elephant dung was basically one of the media used to render the image (and yes, as someone mentioned, it was supposed to have Nigerian cultural significance, and also related to the fact that dung is used in some traditional Nigerian artworks).
		It's not as if one can tell that "dung" is even part of the picture -- it's similar to saying that a painting done in tempera is one in which "eggs were thrown at" or "smeared on" the subject.
	www.godofbiscuits.com /cgi-bin/mt/mt-comments.cgi?entry_id=738 (658 words)

	CITY, RELIGIOUS GROUPS LOCKED IN BATTLE WITH MUSEUM OVER ''BLASPHEMOUS" ART
		The brouhaha focuses on a painting, "The Holy Virgin Mary," which is part of a larger ensemble of works now featured at the prestigious gallery as part of its "Sensations" exhibit.
		The controversial painting depicts Mary with African features and dark skin, and includes a shellacked clump of elephant dung and cutouts of naked buttocks; it is all the work of British artist Chris Ofili, who also happens to be Roman Catholic.
		He defends the piece, noting that images of the Virgin Mary are frequently "sexually charged," and adds that Elephant dung is both a reverential and "beautiful" object in some cultures.
	www.atheists.org /flash.line/ny2.htm (1278 words)

	Leo's Lyrics Database - Cheech & Chong - Sister Mary Elephant lyrics
		07:46:33 AM Since there are sooooooo many comments being made during Sister Mary Elephant, it's difficult to tell what each is saying.
		Elephant: I am your substitute teacher, Sister Mary Elephant.
		Elephant: so let’s find out who you are.
	www.leoslyrics.com /listlyrics.php?hid=aBDZXuIpMfs= (739 words)

	Cynical-C Blog: The Hanging of Mary the Elephant (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		This is one of the most strangest stories I have read in a long time.
		An elephant handler is killed by Mary the Elephant, so..
		Reminds me of poor old "Topsy the Elephant" electrocuted by Thomas Edison.
	www.cynical-c.com /archives/002040.html (325 words)

	Renowned Artists
		Caravaggio painted mostly devotional art, he focused on figures and events from the New Testament and took seriously the mundane yet monumental quality of Christianity.
		He used Roman street people as the model for the Apostles and Mary.
		He used larger than life proportions, highly theatrical lighting and crowded his significant figures into shallow spaces.
	www.digitalconsciousness.com /renowned/?g=2 (426 words)

	Scotsman.com News - Entertainment - Arts - No new faces on 'mature' Turner list
		IT HAS been won by a pickled sheep, a Virgin Mary depicted in elephant dung and a lightbulb.
		Other winners include Chris Ofili, who depicted the Virgin Mary and elephant dung, and Martin Creed who presented a lightbulb that switched on and off at timed intervals.
		Showing her age: dating method proves portrait was painted during Mary's life
	news.scotsman.com /arts.cfm?id=602962003 (860 words)

	What is your opinion of the controversial art exhibit depicting the Virgin Mary in Elephant Dung at The Brooklyn Museum?
		In the specific case you mention in your question about "a painting of the Virgin Mary covered in elephant dung", I may not like it, but it is the artists right to make it, same as it is my right to write lyrics about whatever topic I see fit.
		I believe that the line cannot be drawn because one person's threshold for obscenity is always going to be different from another's.
		I'd like to add that I am a Christian, and the idea of elephant dung on the Virgin Mary is repulsive, but I live in a free society where I am free to go or NOT go to see this piece of crap.
	www.thecelebritycafe.com /contemplations/bklynmuseum.html (2454 words)

	Sister Mary Elephant (Shudd-Up!) - Cheech And Chong - CDs, clips (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Sister Mary Elephant (Shudd-Up!) - Cheech And Chong - 1974
		Amazon.com has an audio clip of "Sister Mary Elephant (Shudd-Up!)" by Cheech And Chong on the CD album listed below.
		To listen to this clip, click on the album name and you will be taken to a CD product web page with a list of album tracks linked to song clips.
	www.allbutforgottenoldies.net /listen-to/clips.php?song_id=42043 (101 words)

	New York Time Publishes Image Of Virgin Mary In Elephant Dung Instead Of Muhammad Cartoons (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		So the NYT will run a 7 year old picture of the Virgin Mary covered in elephant dung that offends Christians in a "New York minute," but they refuse to run a current cartoon that could offend their Muslim readers.
		CNN continues to add a caveat to its coverage of the Cartoon Jihad: "CNN has chosen to not show the cartoons out of respect for Islam." And, the New York Times ran a seven year old picture of the Virgin Mary covered in elephant dung that offends Chris...
		Some even proclaimed that one day America would be an Islamic state." In 1983, in a speech marking the dedication of an Is...
	www.hyscience.com /archives/4487.xml (146 words)

	'Cool Elephant,' Mary Smith Print/Poster, Size: 20 inches x 16 inches - SHOP.COM
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	www.shop.com /op/aprod-p21528365 (217 words)

	Am I Right - Misheard Lyrics, Sister Mary Elephant
		Misheard Lyrics -> Song -> S -> Sister Mary Elephant
		These are NOT intentional rephrasing of lyrics, which is called parody.
		This page contains all the misheard lyrics for Sister Mary Elephant that have been submitted to this site and the old collection from inthe80s started in 1996.
	www.amiright.com /misheard/song/sistermaryelephant.shtml (190 words)

	[[[[[[[-\| ART CRIME \|-]]]]]]]
		Dennis Heiner, a 72 year old Christian who was incensed by Chris Ofili's The Holy Virgin Mary, threw white paint accross the work and proceeded to smear the paint over the canvas.
		The painting, part of the now infamous and appropriately named Sensation: Young British Artists from the Saatchi Collection, exhibition caused a great deal of controversy for using elephant dung and pornographic images in a picture of the Virgin Mary.
		It rallied christian groups to protest against the Brooklyn museum for showing the work.
	renewal.va.com.au /artcrime/pages/c_ofili.html (605 words)

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