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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: Well of St. Keyne
[Cornwall ]. The reputed virtue of this well is that whichever of a married pair first drinks its waters will be the paramount power of the house.…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:…Brewer's: Lion of St. Mark
(See under Lion, heraldry.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Lion of the ReformationLion of God A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U…Gideon BARSTOW, Congress, MA (1783-1852)
BARSTOW Gideon , a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Mattapoisett, Plymouth County, Mass., September 7, 1783; attended the common schools and Brown University, Providence, R.I., 1799-…Charles DOWNING, Congress, FL (1845)
DOWNING Charles , a Delegate from Florida; born in Virginia, birth date unknown; studied law; was admitted to the bar and practiced in St. Augustine, Fla.; member of the legislative council of…Trending
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