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Shamʹrock

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the symbol of Ireland, because it was selected by St. Patrick to prove to the Irish the doctrine of the Trinity (Irish and Gaelic, seam-rog.)

Shamrock. According to the elder Pliny, no serpent will touch this plant.

 

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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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Shakedown
Shakers
Shakes
Shakespeare
Shaking Hands
Shaky
Shallow
Shalott (Lady of)
Shambles means benches
Shamrock
Shan Van Voght
Shandean Exactness
Shandy
Shandygaff
Shanks Nag
Shannon
Shanty
Shanty Songs
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