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Walston (St.)

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A Briton who gave up all his wealth, and supported himself by manual husbandry. Patron saint of husbandmen; usually depicted with a scythe in his hand, and cattle in the background. Died mowing, 1016.

 

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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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Wall-eyed
Walls have Ears
Wallace’s Larder
Wallflower
Walloons
Wallop
Wallsend Coals
Walnut [foreign nut]
Walnut Tree
Walpurgis Night
Walston (St.)
Walter Multon
Waltham Blacks
Walton
Walton Bridle (The)
Wamba
Wan means thin
Wand
Wandering Jew
Wandering Willie or Willie Steenson
Wandering Wood