| E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898. |
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The land of the fays or faeries. The chief fay realms are Av’alon, an island somewhere in the ocean; O’beron’s dominions, situate “in wilderness among the holtis hairy;” and a realm somewhere in the middle of the earth, where was Pari Banou’s palace. | 1 |
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| “For learnëd Colin [Spenser] lays his pipes to gage, |
| And is to Faëry gone a pilgrimage.” | |
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