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An old shepherd who relates to Cuddy the fable of The Oak and the Briar, with the view of curing him of his vanity. (Spenser: Shepherd’s Calendar.)

 

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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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That’s the Ticket
Thatch
Thaumaturgus
Theagenes and Chariclea
Theban Bard or Eagle
Theban Legion
Thebes
Thecla (St.)
Theist, Deist, Atheist, Agnostic
Thelusson Act
Thenot
Theocritus
Theodomas
Theodora (in Orlando Furioso)
Theodorick
Theon’s Tooth
Theosophy
Therapeutæ
Theresa
Thermidorians
Thersites