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Limerick, city, Republic of Ireland
(Encyclopedia) Limerick, city (1991 pop. 56,083), seat of Co. Limerick, SW Republic of Ireland, at the head of the Shannon estuary. The city has a port with two docks. The primary imports are grain,…Brewer's: Abbotsford
A name given by Sir Walter Scott to Clarty Hole, on the south bank of the Tweed, after it became his residence. Sir Walter devised the name from a fancy he loved to indulge in, that the…Brewer's: Ednam
in Roxburghshire, near the Tweed, where Thomson, the author of The Seasons, was born. The Tweed, pure parent-stream, Whose pastoral banks first heard my Doric reed. Autumn (888-9).…Northumberland
(Encyclopedia) NorthumberlandNorthumberlandnôrthŭmˈbərlənd [key], county (1991 pop. 300,600), 2,019 sq mi (5,229 sq km), NE England; administratively, Northumberland is a unitary authority (since…Brewer's: Twangdillo
the fiddler, lost one leg and one eye by a stroke of lightning on the banks of the Ister. Yet still the merry bard without regret Bears his own ills, and with his sounding shell And comic…Brewer's: Tweedledum and Tweedledee
Some say compared to Bononcini That mynbeer Handel's but a ninny; Others aver that he to Handel Is scarcely $$$ to hold a candle. Strange all this difference should be 'Twixt Tweedledum…Tipperary , county, Republic of Ireland
(Encyclopedia) TipperaryTipperarytĭpˌərârˈē [key], county (1991 pop. 132,772), 1,643 sq mi (4,255 sq km), S central Republic of Ireland. The county seat is Tipperary. Administratively, the county is…Yves Saint Laurent, 2002 News
premier French fashion designer, announced his retirement in January, ending a 40-plus-year career as a trendsetting couturier. Saint Laurent introduced the chic beatnik look of the 1960s…Wilson, August
(Encyclopedia) Wilson, August, 1945–2005, American playwright and poet, b. Pittsburgh as Frederick August Kittel, Jr. Largely self-educated, Wilson first attracted wide critical attention with his…Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: Address To The Shade Of Thomson
by Robert Burns Sweet AftonNithsdale's Welcome HameAddress To The Shade Of Thomson On Crowning His Bust at Ednam, Roxburghshire, with a Wreath of Bays. While virgin Spring by Eden's…Trending
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