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 Sawny or Sandy.Saxon Castles. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Saxifrage.
 
So called because its tender rootlets will penetrate the hardest rock, and break it up.   1
 


 Sawny or Sandy.Saxon Castles. 

 
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