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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—V

Vineyard Controversy

A paper war provoked by the Hon. Daines Barrington, who entered the lists to overthrow all chroniclers and antiquaries from William of Malmesbury to Samuel Pegge, respecting the vineyards of Domesday Book. He maintained that the vines were currants, and the vineyards currant-gardens.

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