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Wishing-cap

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Fortunaʹtus had an inexhaustible purse and a wishing-cap, but these gifts proved the ruin of himself and his sons. The object of the tale is to show the vanity of human prosperity.

 

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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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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)
Wisp
Wisp of Straw (A)
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Wits
Witch
Witch-finder
Witch Hazel
Witch of Endor