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Frankum’s Night

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A night in June destructive to apple- and pear-trees. The tale is that one Frankum offered sacrifice in his orchard for an extra fine crop, but a blight ensued, and his trees were unproductive.

 

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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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Francis’s Distemper (St.)
Franciscans
Frangipani
Frangipani Pudding
Frank
Frank Pledge
Frankeleynes Tale
Frankenstein
Frankforters
Franklin
Frankum’s Night
Frantic
Fraserian
Fraserian Group (The)
Frater
Frateretto
Fratery
Fraticellians [Little Brethren]
Frea
Free
Free Bench (francus bancus)