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 Maid of Perth (Fair).Maiden. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Maid of Saragossa.
 
Augustina Zaragoza, distinguished for her heroism when Saragossa was besieged in 1808 and 1809. Byron refers to her in his Childe Harold.   1
 


 Maid of Perth (Fair).Maiden. 

 
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