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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Fig-tree.
 
It is said that Judas hanged himself on a fig-tree. (See ELDER-TREE.)   1
        “Quæret aliquis’quâ ex ar’borë Judas se suspen’derit? Arbor ficus fuisse di’citur.”—Barradius.
 


 Fig Sunday.Figs. 

 
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