| E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898. |
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The Roman wall between the friths of the Clyde and Forth, so called from the first person who leaped over it after the Romans left Britain. | 1 |
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“This wall defended the Britons for a time, but the Scots and Picts assembled themselves in great numbers, and climbed over it … . A man named Grahame is said to have been the first soldier who got over, and the common people still call the remains of the wall ‘Grahame’s Dike.’”—Sir Walter Scott: Tales of a Grandfather. |
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