The Norns by Karl Ehrenberg, 1901.
Glees
Brief, unaccompanied songs for men’s chorus, usually having three to four voice parts, popular in the 1800s.
Descriptionary by Marc McCutcheon, 1992.
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Three be the things I shall never attain:
Envy, content, and sufficient champagne.
Envy, content, and sufficient champagne.
Dorothy Parker. Simpson’s Contemporary Quotations by James B. Simpson, 1997.
Hat Trick
If a bowler in cricket takes three wickets with three successive balls, he is said to have done the hat trick. The feat is so rarely accomplished that in the early days of cricket, any player who pulled it off was awarded a hat as a bonus.
Morris Dictionary of Word and Phrase Origins by William and Mary Morris, 1977.
The Furies
These “daughters of darkness” were called Alecto, Megaera and Tisiphone.
Dictionary of Word and Phrase Origins, Volume III by William & Mary Morris, 1971.
Norns
The equivalent in Norse mythology of the Roman Fates:
- Urd
- Verdandi
- Skuld
Dictionary of Mysticism by Frank Gaynor, 1953.
Fu Lu Shou
In Chinese philosophy, the Three Plenties. They are represented either by the three Chinese ideographic characters, or by a bat (fu) symbolizing happiness, a deer (lu) symbolizing honor, and a peach (shou) symbolizing longevity.
Dictionary of Mysticism by Frank Gaynor, 1953.
Cardinal Virtues
The Greeks had four: wisdom, courage, temperance and justice; to which the Christians added three: faith, hope, and love or charity.
Dictionary of Mysticism by Frank Gaynor, 1953.
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Think of three things - whence you came, where you are going, and to whom you must account.
Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard’s Almanac. 1960
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Avoid him who, from mere curiosity, asks three questions running, about a thing that cannot interest him.
Lavater. Many Thoughts of Many Minds by Henry Southgate, 1902.
Trivia
A name given to Diana, because her temples were often erected where three roads met.
A Dictionary of the Noted Names in Fiction by William A. Wheeler, 1865.
Three Kings of Cologne
A name given to the three magi who visited the infant Saviour. Their names are commonly said to be Jaspar, Melchior, and Balthazar; but one tradition gives them as Apellius, Amerus, Damascus; another as Magalath, Galgalath, Sarasin; and still another as Ator, Sator, Peratoras.
A Dictionary of the Noted Names in Fiction by William A. Wheeler, 1865.
Shamrock
The Arabian shamrakh symbolizing the Persian Triads; it represents all triads; the Mystic Three; the sunwheel. It was adopted by Christianity as depicting the Trinity and an emblem of St. Patrick and of Ireland.
An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Traditional Symbols by J.C. Cooper, 1978.
Thimblerig
A game of deception in which a pea or the like, supposedly concealed under one of three thimbles, is palmed by one player while the other guesses and lays bets on which thimble it is under.
Misunderstood, Misused, & Mispronounced Words by Laurance Urdang, 1972.
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