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Magic Wand

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In Jerusalem Delivered the Hermit gives Charles the Dane and Ubaldo a wand which, being shaken, infused terror into all who saw it.

In the Faërve Queene, the palmer who accompanies Sir Guyon has a staff of like virtue, made of the same wood as Mercury’s caduceus.

 

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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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Magalona
Magazine
Magdalene
Magdeburg Centuries
Magellan
Magenta
Maggot, Maggoty
Magi (The)
Magic Garters
Magic Rings
Magic Wand
Magician
Magliabecchi
Magna Charta
Magnalia Christi
Magnanimous (The)
Magnano
Magnet
Magnetic Mountain
Magneuse (French)
Magnificat