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Naseby (Northamptonshire)

is the Saxon nafela (the navel). It is so called because it was considered the navel or centre of England. Similarly, Delphi was called the “navel of the earth,” and in this temple was a white stone kept bound with a red ribbon, to represent the navel and umbilical cord.

 

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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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Napping
Nappy Ale
Naraka
Narcissa
Narcissus (The)
Nardac
Narrow House or Home
Narrowdale Noon (Till)
Narses
Narwhal
Naseby (Northamptonshire)
Nasi
Naso
Nasser
Nastrond [dead-man’s region]
Nathaniel (Sir)
Nation of Gentlemen
Nation of Shopkeepers
National Anthem
National Anthems
National Colours

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