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Cerēs, when wandering over the earth in quest of her daughter, taught men the art of making beer, because “ils me ne purent apprendre lʹart de faire le vin.” (Mem. de lʹAcademie des Inscriptiones, xvii.) (See Ale.)

He does not think small beer of himself. [See Small Beer.]

 

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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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