Halligen
The Halligen (singular Hallig) are ten small German islands without protective dikes in the North Frisian Islands on Schleswig-Holstein's Wadden Sea-North Sea coast in the district of Nordfriesland.
The name comes from a Celtic word hal, meaning "salt", a reference to the low-lying land in the region which is often flooded over with saltwater by the tides. A greater number of Halligen existed in the Middle Ages than in the 21st century. The very existence of the Halligen is a result of frequent floods and poor coastal protection. The floods were much more common in the Middle Ages and coastal protection was much poorer. A look at the maps on this page will demonstrate that this part of the North Sea coast is very much at the sea's mercy.
The Halligen have areas ranging from 7 to 956 ha, and are often former parts of the mainland, separated therefrom by storm tide erosion. Some are also parts of once much bigger islands sundered by the same forces. Sometimes, owing to sediment deposition, islands have actually grown together to form larger ones. Langeneß (or Langeness) includes a former island by that same name, and two others that were called Nordmarsch and Butwehl.
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This Could Get Good
by: HilljackOhhh
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This could get good
This could get crazy baby
This could get bad
Downright ugly honey
Way out of hand
Well its a full moon at half past 8
And the cowboys have just got paid
And some hilljack fan is on the stage
Turn it up
And the parking lot is nothing but
Mud and muck and pick-up trucks
And wild women that just wanna get fired up
Oh yeah
(this could get good)
This could get crazy baby
This could get bad
Downright ugly honey
Way out of hand
Might make the morning grapevine
All over town
Dont wanna miss a single minute of it
Youll wanna stick around
This could get good (this could get good)
This could get good (this could get good)
This could get real real real real good
Well the place is fillin up to fast
And the fire marshal has come to cash
And drives off in his red Cadillac at show time mmm hmmm
But the lights come on
And the band kicks off
And their linin up rows of moonshine shots
Theyll be twirlin skirts on table tops in no time
And in no time
(This could get good)
This could get crazy baby
This could get bad
Downright ugly honey
Way out of hand
Might make the morning grapevine
All over town
Dont wanna miss a single minute of it
Youll wanna stick around
This could get good
~*~Guitar Solo~*~
Ive been keeping my eye on you
And maybe Ive got a loose screw
But Im thinking when this night gets through
We should
(This could get good)
This could get crazy baby
This could get bad
Downright ugly honey
Way out of hand
Might make the morning grapevine
All over town
Dont wanna miss a single minute of it
Youll wanna stick around
This could get good (this could get good)
This could get good (this could get good)
This could get real real real real good
Oh yeah yeah yeah
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