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Wunderberg

or Underbeg, on the great moor near Salzberg, the chief haunt of the Wild-women. It is said to be quite hollow, and contains churches, gardens, and cities. Here is Charles V. with crown and sceptre, lords and knights. His grey beard has twice encompassed the table at which he sits, and when it has grown long enough ‘to go a third time round it Antichrist will appear. (German superstition.) (See Barbarossa.)

 

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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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Write Like an Angel (To)
Wrong
Wrong End of the Stick (You have got hold of the)
Wrong Side of the Blanket (The)
Wrong Side of the Cloth (That is the)
Wrong Sow by the Ear (You have the)
Wrongun (A)
Wroth Money or Wroth Silver
Wulstan (St.)
Wunderberg
Wyn-monath [Wine-month]
Wynd
Wyoming
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