An (in)famous drum played by Orangemen (of the Orange Order) in Northern Ireland.
It is massive, about 3 feet in diameter, and its two drumheads are made of goat skin.
When fully tightened, a lambeg is utterly deafening, with a noise output of 115 - 120 decibels. When nearby you don't just hear it.. you *feel* the subsonics all through your chest and gut. It can be heard 5-6 miles away.
The drum is played with two bamboo canes about 2 feet long each. It is carried like a bass drum. (But much bigger than a bass drum... makes the dude playing it look like an ant balancing a crumb.)
Commonly used as tools of intimidation, with drummers working shifts to keep the almost tribal-sounding drumming going through the night, in clear earshot of the "other side" (Catholics).
It is massive, about 3 feet in diameter, and its two drumheads are made of goat skin.
When fully tightened, a lambeg is utterly deafening, with a noise output of 115 - 120 decibels. When nearby you don't just hear it.. you *feel* the subsonics all through your chest and gut. It can be heard 5-6 miles away.
The drum is played with two bamboo canes about 2 feet long each. It is carried like a bass drum. (But much bigger than a bass drum... makes the dude playing it look like an ant balancing a crumb.)
Commonly used as tools of intimidation, with drummers working shifts to keep the almost tribal-sounding drumming going through the night, in clear earshot of the "other side" (Catholics).
Dum-dum-dum-dudududum-dum-dum-dududududum-dumdumdum-dududum etc...
by Dirge June 29, 2004
The biggest moving object ever created by human hands. Period.
She was built in 1979 as Seawise Giant, was later renamed Happy Giant, and then Jahre Viking. Very recently (2004) she has been renamed again, and is now called Knock Nevis.
She was built in 1979 as Seawise Giant, was later renamed Happy Giant, and then Jahre Viking. Very recently (2004) she has been renamed again, and is now called Knock Nevis.
This is the news. Today the supertanker Jahre Viking collided head on with the USS Nimitz. The Nimitz was obliterated, while the Jahre Viking suffered minor damage.
by Dirge September 26, 2004
a HILARIOUS comic book made by Roman Dirge, it's all about the misadventures of a cute little 10 year old dead girl and her friends.
by Dirge January 30, 2005
by Dirge February 14, 2005
A loyalist song well known to anyone residing in Norn Iron, as well as to many people in Scotland, particularly Glasgow
It was old but it was beautiful, and the colours they were fine,
It was borne at Derry, Aughrim, Enniskillen and the Boyne,
And me father wore it in his youth in the bygone days of yore,
And on the 12th I love to wear the sash my father wore.
It was borne at Derry, Aughrim, Enniskillen and the Boyne,
And me father wore it in his youth in the bygone days of yore,
And on the 12th I love to wear the sash my father wore.
by Dirge May 30, 2004
by Dirge February 13, 2005
That's a load of BS Ladyperson, the Muslims hated everyone long before there was a British Empire.
The Empire was the most glorious institution in known history. They say the sun never set on it; this was because it covered so much of the earth's surface (east/west) that there was never a time when it was not daytime in some part of the empire.
Britain's power and Empire was founded upon its powerful navy and its command of the seas, something which itself grew out of its status as an island nation.
The Empire was the most glorious institution in known history. They say the sun never set on it; this was because it covered so much of the earth's surface (east/west) that there was never a time when it was not daytime in some part of the empire.
Britain's power and Empire was founded upon its powerful navy and its command of the seas, something which itself grew out of its status as an island nation.
by Dirge November 14, 2004