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Wayland Wood (near Watton, Norfolk)

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said to be the scene of the Babes in the Wood, and a corruption of “Wailing Wood.”

 

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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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Waterworks (The)
Watling Street
Watteau
Wave
Wax-bond End (A)
Way-bit
Ways and Means
Wayfaring Tree (The)
Wayland
Wayland Smith’s Cave
Wayland Wood (near Watton, Norfolk)
Wayleaves
Wayzgoose
We
We Three
We Left Our Country for Our Country’s Good
Weak as Water
Weak-kneed Christian or Politician (A)
Weapon Salve
Wear
Weasel