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 Silly Season (The),Silu’rian Rocks. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Silu’ria—that is,
 
Hereford, Monmouth, Radnor, Brecon, and Glamorgan. The “sparkling wines of the Silurian vats” are cider and perry.   1
       
“From Silurian vats, high-sparkling wines
Foam in transparent floods.”
       
Thomson: Autumn.
 


 Silly Season (The),Silu’rian Rocks. 

 
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