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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—R

Rood Lane

(London). So called from a rood or “Jesus on the Cross” placed there, and in Roman Catholic times held in great veneration.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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