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Red Cock

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The red cock will crow in his house. His house will be set on fire.

“‘Weʹll see if the red cock craw not in his bonnie barn-yard ae morning.ʹ ‘What does she mean?ʹ said Mannering… . ‘Fire-raising,ʹ answered the … dominie.”—Sir Walter Scott: Guy Mannering, chap. iii.

 

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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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Red
Red
Red Basque Cap
Red Book
Red Book of the Exchequer (The)
Red Boots
Red-breasts
Red Button (A)
Red Cap (Mother)
Red Coats
Red Cock
Red Comyn
Red Cross (The)
Red Cross Knight
Red Feathers (The)
Red Flag (A)
Red Hand of Ulster
Red-handed
Red Hat (The)
Red Heads
Red Herring (The)