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Brewer's: Mother Carey's Chickens

Stormy petrels. Mother Carey is Mater Cara. The French call these birds oiseaux de Notre Dame or aves Sanct&aeigh; Mariae. Chickens are the young of any fowl, or any small bird. “They…

Brewer's: Mother Huddle's Oven

Where folk are dried up so that they live for ever. (Howard Pyle: Robin Hood, 211.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Mother ShiptonMother Hubbard A B C D…

Brewer's: Mother's Apron String's

(See Tied ...) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Mothering SundayMother of the Gracchi A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X…

Births by Age and Race of Mother

The following table shows the number of live births to Black, White, Hispanic, American Indian, and Asian women age 15 to 49 between 1940 and 2012. Age of mother…

Mother's Day Trivia Quiz

Mother's Day is a great holiday that gives us the opportunity to celebrate the important women in our lives and show gratitude for the difficult task of motherhood. But how many facts do you know…

Live Births by Age of Mother

Numbers (thousands) in England and Wales Year All ages Under 20 20–24 25–29 30–34 35–39 40 and over Mean age1 (years) 1995 648.1 41.9 130.7 217.4…

Barry, Elizabeth

(Encyclopedia) Barry, Elizabeth, 1658–1713, English actress. She gained entrance to the stage through the patronage of the earl of Rochester. From the time of her appearances at the Theatre Royal (…

Drew, Elizabeth

(Encyclopedia) Drew, Elizabeth, 1935–, American journalist, b. Cincinnati. A deeply insightful analyst of the national political scene, she was the Washington correspondent for two major U.S.…

Halsey, William Frederick, Jr.

(Encyclopedia) Halsey, William Frederick, Jr. (Bull Halsey)Halsey, William Frederick, Jr.hôlˈsē [key], 1882–1959, American admiral, b. Elizabeth, N.J., grad. Annapolis, 1904. In World War II he led (…

Zane, Ebenezer

(Encyclopedia) Zane, Ebenezer, 1747–1811, American pioneer and land speculator, b. near what is now Moorefield, W.Va. (then Virginia). With his brothers Silas and Jonathan, he went west in 1769 and…