crooked sixpence

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• crooked — crookedly, adv. crookedness, n. /krook id/ for 1 4, 6; /krookt/ for 5, adj. 1. not straight; bending; curved: a crooked path. 2. askew; awry: The picture on the wall seems to be crooked. 3. deformed: a man with a crooked back. 4. not… …   Universalium

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• There Was a Crooked Man — is an English nursery rhyme.: There was a crooked man, : and he walked a crooked mile. : He found a crooked sixpence : upon a crooked stile. : He bought a crooked cat, : which caught a crooked mouse, : and they all lived together in a crooked… …   Wikipedia

• Murray Sayle — Murray Sayle, c. 1970 Born 1 January 1926(1926 01 01) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Died 19 September 20 …   Wikipedia

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• Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven — (c. 1580 April 4, 1661), was a Scottish soldier, in Dutch and then Swedish service from 1605 until 1638, where he rose to the rank of Field Marshal. Alexander was the son of captain George Leslie and a wench in Rannoch , and was a member of the… …   Wikipedia

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• James Bramston — ( circa 1694 1744), satirist, educated at Westminster School and Oxford, took orders and was later Vicar of Hastings. His poems are The Art of Politics (1729), in imitation of Horace, and The Man of Taste (1733), in imitation of Pope. He also… …   Wikipedia

• Folklore of Lancashire — is the folklore of Lancashire which, like all other counties of England, has historically had its own peculiar superstitions, manners, and customs, which may or may not find parallels in those of other localities. The following list of Folklore… …   Wikipedia

• Bramston, James — (c. 1694 1744)    Satirist, ed. at Westminster School and Oxf., took orders and was latterly Vicar of Hastings. His poems are The Art of Politics (1729), in imitation of Horace, and The Man of Taste (1733), in imitation of Pope. He also parodied… …   Short biographical dictionary of English literature