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 Virgin.Virgin Mary’s Peas (The). 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Virgin Mary’s Guard (The).
 
The Scotch guard of France, organised in 1448 by Charles VII. Louis XI. made the Virgin Mary their colonel. Disbanded in 1830.   1
 


 Virgin.Virgin Mary’s Peas (The). 

 
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