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Tag Archives: "Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase & Fable"

NESSIE TIDBITS PART 1

I TEND TO BE A SKEPTICAL SORT (my mathematics training rates proof above supposition) and I dislike anagrams (which sounds irrelevant but of which more anon). These two personality quirks, … Continue reading

March 6, 2024 · 5 Comments

YET MORE DRAGON LORE

YOU’D THINK THIS WEBSITE’S “Dragons be Here and There Parts 1 and 2,” July 7, 2022, would have satisfied my (and your) curiosity. However, 2024 is the Year of the … Continue reading

February 13, 2024 · 3 Comments

OLDEN GAMES

CURIOUSLY, JAMES HALLIWELL’S DICTIONARY OF ARCHAIC WORDS proves to be an entertaining source for games of old. My source as well is archaic: Though published in 1989, it’s a facsimile edition … Continue reading

September 24, 2023 · 1 Comment

“AS THE BISHOP SAID TO THE ACTRESS….”

BACK IN “One Thing Leading to Another,” I said I’d get back to you about Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase & Fable citing “As the Bishop Said to the Actress.” Pause … Continue reading

August 29, 2023 · 1 Comment

ONE THING LEADING TO ANOTHER 

IT’S GOOD FUN FOLLOWING UP on this and that. For instance, there I was leafing through Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase & Fable (yet again!) when Moddey Dhoo caught my attention. … Continue reading

August 17, 2023 · Leave a comment

IN PRAISE OF BREWER’S DICTIONARY OF PHRASE & FABLE

FROM TIME TO TIME, I feel the urge to seek trivia. Not directed research on one thing or another. Just taking pleasure from unadulterated facts I really don’t need to … Continue reading

June 26, 2022 · Leave a comment