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Brewer's: Green Dogs
Any extinct race, like that of the Dodo. Brederode said to Count Louis: “I would the whole race of bishops and cardinals was extinct, like that of green dogs.” (Motley Dutch Republic, part…Brewer's: Carduel
or Kartel. Carlisle. The place where Merlin prepared the Round Table. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Care-clothCardinal's Red Hat A B C D E F G H I…Brewer's: Care killed the Cat
It is said that “a cat has nine lives,” yet care would wear them all out. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Care SundayCare-cloth A B C D E F G H I J…Brewer's: Cloten
A vindictive lout who wore his dagger in his mouth. He fell in love with Imogen, but his love was not reciprocated (Shakespeare Cymbeline.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E.…Brewer's: Clotharius
or Clothaire (in Jerusalem Delivered) At the death of Hugo he takes the lead of the Franks, but is shot by Clorinda (q.v.) with an arrow (book xi.). After his death, his troops sneak away…Brynn's Time Travel Essay
Brynn Proudly Signs the Declaration of Independence Related Links American Revolution How to Write a Five Paragraph Essay…100 Years of Girl Scouts
In 2012, the Girls Scouts of the USA celebrated their 100th anniversary. by Jennie Wood Two Girl Scouts with Juliette Gordon Low (center) Related Links Girl Scouts Official…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: September 24, 1804
by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark September 23, 1804September 25, 1804September 24, 1804 Monday the 24th of September 1804 a fair morning Set out early, wind from the East,…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: December 1, 1805
by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark November 30, 1805December 2, 1805December 1, 1805 December 1st 1805 Cloudy morning wind from the S. E. sent out the men to hunt and examin the…Brewer's: Field of the Forty Footsteps
At the back of the British Museum, once called Southampton Fields. The tradition is that two brothers, in the Duke of Monmouth's rebellion, took different sides and engaged each other in…