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Brewer's: St. Leger Sweepstakes
The St. Leger race was instituted in 1776, by Colonel St. Leger, of Park Hill, near Doncaster, but was not called the “St. Leger” till two years afterwards, when the Marquis of Rockingham'…Brewer's: St. Michael's Chair
The projecting stone lantern of a tower erected on St. Michael's Mount, Cornwall. It is said that the rock received its name from a religious house built to commemorate the apparition of…Brewer's: St. Stephen's Loaves
Stones. “Having said this, he took up one of St. Stephen's loaves, and was going to hit him with it.” —Rabelais Pantagruel, v. 8. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer…Brewer's: St. Thomas's Castle
The penitentiary in St. Thomas's parish, Oxford, where women of frail morals are kept under surveillance. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894St. Wilfrid's…Brewer's: St. Wilfrid's Needle
often called “St. Winifred's Needle.” In the crypt of Ripon Minster is a passage regarded as a test of chastity. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894SaintsSt.…Brewer's: Island of St. Brandan
The flying island, the supposed retreat of King Rodrigo. So called from St. Brandan, who went in search of the Islands of Paradise in the sixth century. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and…Brewer's: Chair of St. Peter
(The). The office of the Pope of Rome, said to be founded by St. Peter, the apostle; but St. Peter's Chair means the Catholic festival held in commemoration of the two episcopates founded…Brewer's: City of St. Michael
(The). Dumfries, of which city St. Michael is the patron saint. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894City of SaintsCity of Refuge A B C D E F G H I J K…St. Louis Rams (14-2)
St. Louis Rams (14-2)at PhiladelphiaW, 20-17*at San Fran.W, 30-26MiamiW, 42-10at DetroitW, 35-0NY GiantsW, 15-14at NY JetsW, 34-14New OrleansL, 31-34OPEN—CarolinaW, 48-14at N. EnglandW, 24-…St. Louis Rams (10-6)
St. Louis Rams (10-6)DenverW, 41-36at SeattleW, 37-34San Fran.W, 41-24at AtlantaW, 41-20San DiegoW, 57-31OPEN—AtlantaW, 45-29at Kansas CityL, 34-54at San Fran.W, 34-24CarolinaL, 24-27at NY…Trending
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