* This article ( or an earlier version ) contains text from the public domain Brewer's Reader's Handbook, published in 1898.

According to Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable ( 1898 ):

* Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable ( 1898 )

In an 1858 Punch cartoon it is referred to as " Scratch Cradle ", a name supported by Brewer's 1898 Dictionary.

* Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase & Fable, 2nd edition, 1898, online: definition for silly season

* This article incorporates public domain text from Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable 1898 edition.

:( From the 1898 edition of Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable ).

It is recorded in Wild Wales by George Borrow, who notes it as a well known legend ; by Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, which details versions of the same story from other cultures ; and by The Nuttall Encyclopaedia, under the Anglicised spellings " Gellert " and " Killhart ".

This article incorporates text from Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable by E. Cobham Brewer ( 1894 ), a publication now in the public domain.

Webster's dictionary cites Brewer's Dictionary and the Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, 1811, for these uses of Paddington.

Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable says grinning like a Cheshire cat is " an old simile, popularised by Lewis Carroll ".

16, noted in Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, 1897.

He was a brother of E. Cobham Brewer, compiler of Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase & Fable.

* Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable ( 1st edition )

Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable notes that it was particularly associated with the Air Transport Command, at least when observed in the United Kingdom.

Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable notes this as a possible origin, but suggests that " the phrase grew by accident.

* Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, a reference work containing definitions and explanations of many famous phrases, allusions and figures

Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, sometimes referred to simply as Brewer's, is a reference work containing definitions and explanations of many famous phrases, allusions and figures, whether historical or mythical.

Brewer's Dictionary of Modern Phrase and Fable, edited by Adrian Room, was first published in 2000.

While this title is based on the structure of Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, it contains entries from 1900 onwards and exists alongside its parent volume as a separate work.

A variety of spin-off editions has been published in the past, some straying quite far from the theme of ' phrase and fable ', such as Brewer's Dictionary of Cinema ( 1997 ) and William Donaldson's A-Z of ' roguish Britons ', Brewer's Rogues, Villains and Eccentrics ( 2002 ).

Brewer's Dictionary of London Phrase and Fable was published in 2009 and Brewer's Dictionary of Irish Phrase and Fable was reissued at the same time.

* Brewer's Dictionary of Irish Phrase and Fable

fr: Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable

* Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase & Fable, Millennium Edition, revised by Adrian Room, 2001

Many lurid details were conjured up by later writers, assembled in the Suda, expanded upon in Renaissance poetry and collected in Bulfinch and in Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Lamia was envious of other mothers and ate their children.

* Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, " Termagant "

Brewer was a companion to Audubon, who gave Brewer's name to a duck, a blackbird and a rodent ( Brewer's shrew mole ) found on Martha's vineyard.

Its patriot mascot is named Preston, Governor Brewer's middle name.

The Timberline Sparrow, considered to be a sub-species of Brewer's Sparrow, and a sub-species of Canada Goose were given the name taverneri in his honour.

In 1843 Peirce retired from the Honolulu business, which became C. Brewer & Co. After some other owners, the name would be changed back by Brewer's nephew, the name it would keep through the 21st century.

The seat of government is defined by Brewer's Politics as " the building, complex of buildings or city from which a government exercises its authority ".

* Albert Brewer's biography from Cumberland School of Law website

Several writers, such as Foy E. Wallace, Jr., and W. W. Otey, wrote and spoke in opposition to Brewer ; Otey's 1938 article in Firm Foundation included statements from leaders of colleges that they " regretted " Brewer's statements.

The Brewer's guild used the money for the hofje from a donation it received in 1472 by Jacob Huyge Roepersz and his sister Katharina, who donated a series of small houses ( kameren ) in the Gasthuisstraat ( the Tuchthuisstraat used to be a northern extension of the Gasthuisstraat ) for housing, and some land in Akersloot for rents.

Steeven's other example is from Anthony Brewer's The Covntrie Girle: A Comedie: ` Fidler, strike.

Historical research done at Anchor Brewing Co. in 1989 ( documented in Charlie Papazian's Home Brewer's Companion ( ISBN 0-380-77287-6 )) reconstructed a bread made from malted barley and barley flour with honey and water and baked until hard enough to store for long periods of time ; the finished product was probably crumbled and mixed with water, malt and either dates or honey and allowed to ferment, producing a somewhat sweet brew.

* Brewer's yeast information from the University of Maryland Medical Center

" Although Brewer's rhetoric has subsided since former General Manager Arick Wierson huddled with Deputy Mayor Ed Skyler and agreed to produce a new news program entitled " City Scoop ," Brewer still contends that NYC TV has strayed from its original mission in search of audience share and advertising dollars.

Various etymologies are claimed: some believe it is a corruption of le chat fidèle (' the faithful cat '); others ( including Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable ) that it comes from ' Caton le Fidèle ' ( a former governor of Calais ); a third theory is that it derives from ' Catherine la Fidèle ' ( Catherine of Aragon ).

* Home Brewer's Gold: Prize-Winning Recipes from the 1996 World Beer Cup Competition ( compiled by Charlie Papazian, currently out-of-print ), ISBN 0-380-79192-7