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Saffron

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He hath slept in a bed of saffron. In Latin dormīvit in sacco croci, meaning he has a very light heart, in reference to the exhilarating effects of saffron,

“With genial joy to warm his soul,

Helen mixed saffron in the bowl.”

 

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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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