Wanted: young British Muggle with a lightning-bolt scar by Holly Hartman This article was posted on January 20, 2000. More About Harry More Harry Movie NewsThe Scoop on Book 4Harry Potter…
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(The). The saying is - Deal, Dover, and Harwich, The devil gave with his daughter in marriage, xs because of the scandalous impositions practised in these seaports on sailors and…
(An). A notification sent to friends that the lady who sends it will be at home on the day and at the hour specified, and will be glad to see the persons mentioned in the card of…
(Eton). The mound at Eton where the Eton scholars used to collect money from the visitors on Montem day. The mound is still called Salt Hill, and the money given was called salt. The word…
Tea. The reference is to the gossip held by some of the womenkind over their “cups which cheer but not inebriate.” Also called “Chatter-broth.” “`I proposed to my venerated visitor. to…
(St.), in the cemetery of Downpatrick cathedral. Visitors are shown the spot where the “saint” was buried, but, on asking why there is no memorial, is informed that both Protestants and…
or Oak. To keep an outer door shut. In the Universities the College rooms have two doors, an outer and an inner one. The outer door is called the sporting door, and is opened with a key.…
Drunk as Davy's sow. Grose says: One David Lloyd, a Welshman, who kept an ale-house at Hereford, had a sow with six legs, which was an object of great curiosity. One day David's wife,…
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