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Magic Garters

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Made of the strips of a young hare’s skin saturated with motherwort. Those who wear these garters excel in speed.

“Were it not for my magic garters …

I should not continue the business long.”


Longfellow: The Golden Legend.

 

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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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Maga
Magalona
Magazine
Magdalene
Magdeburg Centuries
Magellan
Magenta
Maggot, Maggoty
Magi (The)
Magic Garters
Magic Rings
Magic Wand
Magician
Magliabecchi
Magna Charta
Magnalia Christi
Magnanimous (The)
Magnano
Magnet
Magnetic Mountain