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ST. CUTHBERT'S BEADS

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1895 - Glossary of terms and phrases

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In N. England, joints of the stems of encrinites, formerly pierced for rosaries (see Marmion, canto ii. 16).

1895 - Glossary of terms and phrases
By Henry Percy Smith

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