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The Chinese Zodiac

Related Links Chinese New Year Quiz Chinese New Year Traditions Quiz New! Chinese New Year China | Map The Chinese Calendar Chinese New Year Dates 2000–2030 History of…

Brewer's: Symbolism of Colours

whether displayed in dresses, the background of pictures, or otherwise: Black typifies grief, death. Blue, hope, love of divine works; (in dresses) divine contemplation, piety,…

Brewer's: Trusts

The combinations called rings or corners in the commercial world. The chief merchants of an article (say sugar, salt, or flour) combine to fix the selling price of a given article and thus…

James, epistle of the New Testament

(Encyclopedia) James, letter of the New Testament, traditionally classified among the Catholic, or General, Epistles. The James of its ascription is traditionally identified with St. James the Less.…

What's the Symbolism of the Irish Flag?

Rarely has a flag possessed such lasting relevance as that of the "Tricolour," the national flag of the Republic of Ireland. Its three equal stripes illustrate the Irish political landscape as…

Brewer's: Greek Trust

No trust at all. “Græca fides” was with the Romans no faith at all. A Greek, in English slang, means a cheat or sharper, and Greek bonds are sadly in character with Græca fides. Source:…

Faith Hill

Faith Hill hit the scene in 1994, with her debut album Take Me As I Am and its no. 1 single, "Wild One." Her second album, It Matters To Me was another hit, and Hill garnered awards and praise from…

Little Faithful

Little FaithfulFor a week the amount of virtue in the old house would have supplied the neighborhood. It was really amazing, for everyone seemed in a heavenly frame of mind, and self-denial…

David Morton: Symbol

SymbolDavid MortonMy faith is all a doubtful thing, Wove on a doubtful loom, — Until there comes, each showery spring, A cherry-tree in bloom; And Christ who died upon a tree That death…