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Brewer's: Tiring Irons
Iron rings to be put on or taken off a ring as a puzzle. Light-foot calls them “tiring irons never to be untied.” Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…Brewer's: Fairy Money
Found money. Said to be placed by some good fairy at the spot where it was picked up. “Fairy money” is apt to be transformed into leaves. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E.…Brewer's: Fairy Sparks
The phosphoric light from decaying wood, fish, and other substances. Thought at one time to be lights prepared for the fairies at their revels. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E…Brewer's: Mayors of the Palace
(Maire du Palais). Superintendents of the king's household, and stewards of the royal leudes or companies of France before the accession of the Carlovingian dynasty. Source: Dictionary…Other Notable Saturnian Moons
The other four largest moons of Saturn are Tethys, Dione, Rhea, and Iapetus. Tethys is 650 mi (1,060 km) in diameter. Its surface is heavily cratered, and it has a huge, globe-girdling…Tales from Shakespeare: Cymbeline
Cymbeline During the time of Augustus Caesar, Emperor of Rome, there reigned in England (which was then called Britain) a king whose name was Cymbeline. Cymbeline's first wife died when his…Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: Address To Edinburgh
by Robert Burns Song-Yon Wild Mossy MountainsAddress To A HaggisAddress To Edinburgh Edina! Scotia's darling seat! All hail thy palaces and tow'rs, Where once, beneath a…Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: Lass Of Cessnock Banks, The[1]
by Robert Burns Song-Here's To Thy HealthSong-Bonie Peggy AlisonLass Of Cessnock Banks, The[1] A Song of Similes Tune-"If he be a Butcher neat and trim." On Cessnock…Brewer's: Gwynn
(Nell). An actress, and one of the courtesans of Charles II. of England (died 1687). Sir Walter Scott speaks of her twice in Peveril of the Peak; in chap. xi. he speaks of “the smart…Brewer's: Havering
(Essex). The legend says that while Edward the Confessor was dwelling in this locality, an old pilgrim asked alms, and the king replied, “I have no money, but I have a ring, ” and, drawing…Trending
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