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The name of one of Campbell's poems. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894GervaisGertrude A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X…
(g hard). A human monster with three bodies and three heads, whose oxen ate human flesh, and were guarded by a two-headed dog. Hercules slew both Geryon and the dog. This fable means…
(St.). If it rains on St. Swithin's day (15th July),there will be rain for forty days. (See Gervais.) St. Swithin's day, gif ye do rain, for forty days it will remain; St. Swithin's day,…
