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  • Proclus and Telissa deemed he had fallen by the dart of Phoebus Apollo; and fearing the god was angry for some unknown cause, they suspended branches of rhamn and laurel on the doors, to keep off evil demons.

    Philothea A Grecian Romance Lydia Maria Francis Child 1841

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  • An old name for buckthorn, genus Rhamnus.

    November 19, 2010