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Brewer's: Eden
Paradise, the country and garden in which Adam and Eve were placed by God (Gen. ii. 15). The word means delight, pleasure. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…Brewer's: Malum Prohibitum
(Latin). What is wrong merely because it is forbidden, as eating a particular fruit was wrong in Adam and Eve, because they were commanded not to do so. Doing secular work on the Sabbath…Brewer's: Marching Watch
A splendid pageant on Midsummer Eve, which Henry VIII. took Jane Seymour to Mercers' Hall to see. In 1547 Sir John Gresham, the Lord Mayor, restored the pageant, which had been…Brewer's: Nutcrack Night
All Hallows' Eve, when it is customary in some places to crack nuts in large quantities. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894NutcrackersNut-brown Maid A B C D…Brewer's: Safa
in Arabia, according to Arabian legend, is the hill on which Adam and Eve came together, after having been parted for two hundred years, during which time they wandered homeless over the…Brewer's: Samael
The prince of demons, who, in the guise of a serpent, tempted Eve; also called the angel of death. (Jewish demonology.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…Brewer's: Paradise Regained
(in four books). The subject is the Temptation. Eve, being tempted, fell, and lost Paradise; Jesus, being tempted, resisted, and regained Paradise. (Milton.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase…Brewer's: Wise as a Serpent
This refers to the serpent which tempted Eve, or more probably to the old notion that serpents were extremely wise. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and…Brewer's: Yule Swain
(The). A kind of Santa Klaus among the Lapps. He is eleven feet high, and rides on a goat. He appears on St. Thomas's Day, and continues his visits till Christmas Eve; but where he comes…Brewer's: Wassail
(2 syl.). A salutation used on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day over the spiced-ale cup, hence called the “wassail bowl.” (Anglo-Saxon, Waes hael, be…Trending
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