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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…Brewer's: St. Bees' College
(Cumberland), situated on the bay formed by St. Bees' Head, founded by Dr. Law, Bishop of Chester, in 1816. St. Bees' was so called from a nunnery founded here in 650, and dedicated to the…Brewer's: St. Cuthbert's Duck
The eider duck. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894St. DistaffSt. Cecilia A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Related…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: Louvre of St. Petersburg
(The). The Hermitage, an imperial museum. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894LoveLouvre A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X…Brewer's: Mont St. Michel
in Normandy, formerly called Belen. Here nine Druidesses sold to sailors the arrows to charm away storms. The arrows had to be discharged by a young man twenty-one years old. Source:…Trending
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