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Nebraska

  Nebraska State Information Capital: Lincoln Official Name: Nebraska Organized as a territory/republic: 1854 Entered Union (rank): March 1, 1867 (37th state) Present constitution adopted:…

Harry Potter Movie Stars

Bringing the Potter books to the big screen by Shmuel Ross Daniel Radcliffe Related Links Order of the Phoenix Movie ReviewHarry Potter and the Goblet of FireQuiz: Order of the Phoenix…

Brewer's: Old Scratch

The devil; so called from Schratz or Skratti, a demon of Scandinavian mythology. (See Nick.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Old SongOld Salt A B C D E…

Brewer's: Fal-lals

Nick-nacks; ornaments of small value. (Greek, phalara, metal ornaments for horses, etc.) “Our god-child passed in review all her gowns flchus, tags, bobbins, laces, silk stockings, and…

Brewer's: Plon-plon

The sobriquet of Prince Napoleon Joseph Charles Bonaparte, son of Jerome Bonaparte. He was nick-named Craint-plon (Fear-bullet) in the Crimean war (1854-1856), a nickname afterwards…

Brewer's: Pudding-time

properly means just as dinner is about to begin, for our forefathers took their pudding before their meat. It also means in the nick of time. But Mars In pudding-time came to his aid.…

Brewer's: Clootie

Auld Clootie Old Nick. The Scotch call a cloven hoof a cloot, so that Auld Clootie is Old Cloven foot. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894CloridanoCloister A…

Weather: El Niño: The Grown-Up Child

El Nio: The Grown-Up ChildWeatherEl Nio: The Grown-Up ChildThe Connection Between the Sea and the AtmosphereChild's PlayLa Nia: The Kid's Sister I met Nick Muecci by accident when I got to JFK…