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Wise Men of the East

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The three Magi who followed the guiding star to Bethlehem. They are the patron saints of travellers (See Magi, Seven Sages.)

 

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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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Wipple-tree or Whipultre
Wisdom-tooth
Wisdom of Many and the Wit of One (The)
Wise (The)
Wise as a Serpent
Wise as Solomon
Wise as the Mayor of Banbury
Wise as the Women of Mungret
Wise Men or Wise Women
Wise Men of Greece
Wise Men of the East
Wise Men of Gotham (The)
Wiseacre
Wisest Man of Greece
Wish-wash
Wishy-washy
Wishart (George)
Wishing-bone
Wishing-cap
Wishing-coat
Wishing-rod (The)