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Halloo when out of the Wood

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or Never halloo till you are out of the wood. Never think you are safe from the attacks of robbers till you are out of the forest. “Call no man happy till he is dead.” “Many a slip ʹtwixt the cup and the lip.”

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Halifax (in Nova Scotia)
Halifax Law
Hall Mark
Hall Sunday
Hall of Odin
Hallam’s Greek
Hallel
Hallelujah
Hallelujah Lass (A)
Hallelujah Victory
Halloo when out of the Wood
Halloween (October 31st)
Halter
Halter, or rather Halster
Haltios
Ham and Heyd
Hamadryads
Hameh
Hamet
Hamilton
Hamiltonian System