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The Mouse, the Bird, and the Sausage
The Mouse, the Bird, and the Sausage Once upon a time, a mouse, a bird, and a sausage, entered into partnership and set up house together. For a long time all went well; they lived in great…Andersen's Fairy Tales: The Elderbush
The Leap-FrogThe BellThe Elderbush Once upon a time there was a little boy who had taken cold. He had gone out and got his feet wet; though nobody could imagine how it had happened, for it…Advanced-Level Science Projects: Botany
BotanyAdvanced-Level Science ProjectsBotanyHow Close to a Plant Must Pesticides Be in Order to Be Beneficial?Can Healthy Plants Be Grown in Soil Containing No Microorganisms? Can Cloning Make a…Brewer's: O'lio
or Oglio. A mixture or medley of any sort. (Spanish, olla, a pot for boiling similar to what the French call their pot au feu. The olio is the mixture of bread, vegetables, spices, meat,…Brewer's: Cat and Kittens
A public-house sign, alluding to the pewter-pots so called. Stealing these pots is termed “Cat and kitten sneaking.” We still call a large kettle a kitchen, and speak of a soldier's kit (…Brewer's: Potwallopers
before the passing of the Reform Bill (1832), were those who claimed a vote because they had boiled their own pot in the parish for six months. (Saxon, to boil; Dutch, opwallen, our wallop…Cook Metric!
Just Say "Yum" to Metric Measures by Holly Hartman Conversion Help CookingTemperature* Length/Distance** Don't look now—but your kitchen is full of math. When you make a recipe, you…2 Kings: 4
2 Kings Chapter 4 1 Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant…Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam: Notes
Notes [The references are, except in the first note only, to the stanzas of the Fifth edition.] (Stanza I.) Flinging a Stone into the Cup was the signal for "To Horse!" in the Desert. (II.)…British Parliament: The Townshend Act
The Townshend ActBritish Parliament1767 An act for granting certain duties in the British colonies and plantations in America; for allowing a drawback of the duties of customs upon the…Trending
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