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Hands

ameriwire | Log Out | Preferences | Drafts | Help | Random You have 1 C! and 17 votes left today. chat | inbox Near Matches Ignore ExactFull TextFull Text Everything2 Hands (idea) See all of Hands, there is 1 more in this node. (idea) by momomom (4.4 hr) Rep: 15 ( +18 / -3 ) (Rep Graph) (+) Sat Dec 01 2001 at 2:53:43 Winesburg, Ohio A Group of Tales of Ohio Small Town Life by Sherwood Anderson (1876 - 1941) ...

Summary of some interesting entries from the online dictionary of Symbols from University of Michigan

Sulfur as hellSourceURL: http://websites.umich.edu/~umfandsf/symbolismproject/symbolism.html/S/sulfur.html Sulfur According to Christian legend, sulfur is associated with HELL and the Devil (Cooper, 1978), and is often referred to as brimstone. Up one level Back to document index ShadowSourceURL: http://websites.umich.edu/~umfandsf/symbolismproject/symbolism.html/S/shadow.html ShadowWith light, the shadow is the Chinese yin and yang; shadows are often identified with a person...

Hand of Glory Legends

The Hand of Glory and other legends about human hands folktales of type 958E* edited and/or translated by D. L. Ashliman University of Pittsburgh © 1997-2019 Return to D. L. Ashliman's folktexts, a library of folktales, folklore, fairy tales, and mythology. Contents The Hand of Glory (Sabine Baring-Gould). The Hand of Glory (Francis Grose). The Inn of Spital on Stanmore (England). The Hand of Glory (England). The Hand of Glory in Herefordshie (England). Thief's Foot -- Thief's Ha...

An old hand, and two young hands

In the latest (12/21) New Yorker, two cartoons that especially caught my eye: one by a very old hand in the business, George Booth (now 94); the other by two young women (roughly 30), Sophie Lucido Johnson and Sammi Skolmoski (both of whom are writers as well as artists). The Booth is an absurd literalization of the idiom (put the) cart before the horse. The SLJ/SS is wryly funny as it stands, but gains immeasurably if you know about a particular children’s book. Booth, carts, and hors...

What Gloves Meant to the Victorians

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Red hands - Wikipedia

Red hands from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This article possibly contains original research. Please improve it by verifying the claims made and adding inline citations. Statements consisting only of original research should be removed. (February 2015) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) This article needs additional citations...