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Falling Stars

are said by Mahometans to be firebrands flung by good angels against evil spirits when they approach too near the gates of heaven.

 

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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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Fall in With (To)
Fall into a Snare (To)
Fall of Man (The)
Fall of the Drop (The)
Fall Out of (To)
Fall Short of (To)
Fall Together by the Ears (To)
Fall Upon One’s Feet (To)
Falling Bands
Falling Sickness
Falling Stars
Fallow Land
False (The Rule of)
False Ceiling
Falstaff
Falutin (High)
Familiar
Familiar Spirits
Familiarity
Familists
Family