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Thread #58211 Message #920312
Posted By: nutty
28-Mar-03 - 04:49 AM
Thread Name: Folklore: What was behind virgins wearing laurels?
Subject: RE: Folklore: What was behind virgins wearing laurels?
From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]
LAUREL, n. The _laurus_, a vegetable dedicated to Apollo, and formerly defoliated to wreathe the brows of victors and such poets as had influence at court. (_Vide supra._)