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• Friar Tuck — is a companion to Robin Hood in the legends about that character. He is a common character in modern Robin Hood stories, which depict him as a jovial friar and one of Robin s Merry Men. The figure of Tuck was common in the May Games festivals of… …   Wikipedia

• Friar’s Tale, The —    by Geoffrey Chaucer (ca. 1390)    The Friar’s Tale is one of Chaucer’s comic CANTERBURY TALES. Told by the pilgrim Friar, the quintessence of venality himself, the tale satirizes the abuses of summoners (officers of the ecclesiastical court)… …   Encyclopedia of medieval literature

• The Friar's Prologue and Tale — The Friar s Tale is one of The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer, told by Hubert the friar.The tale is a satirical and somewhat bitter attack on the profession of summoner mdash;an official in ecclesiastical courts who summons people to attend …   Wikipedia

• Black Friar of the Flame — Infobox Short story | name = Black Friar of the Flame author = Isaac Asimov country = United States language = English genre = Science fiction short story publication type = Periodical published in = Planet Stories publisher = Fiction House media …   Wikipedia

• Kimon Friar — (1911 ndash;May 25, 1993) was a Greek American poet and translator of Greek poetry.Youth and educationFriar was born in 1911 in Imrali, Turkey, to an American father and a Greek mother. In 1915, the family moved to the United States and Friar… …   Wikipedia

• there is nothing like leather — Also used literally. 1692 R. L’ESTRANGE Fables of Aesop cccxlviii. There was a council of mechanics called to advise about the fortifying of a city... Up starts a currier [a person who dressed and coloured leather]; Gentlemen, says he, when y’ave …   Proverbs new dictionary

• Castle — This article is about medieval fortifications. For other uses, see Castle (disambiguation). For a list of all castles, see List of castles. For similar but unrelated structures in Japan, see Japanese castle …   Wikipedia

• Romeo and Juliet — is a tragedy written early in the career of William Shakespeare about two teenage star cross d lovers Romeo and Juliet , I.0.6] whose untimely deaths ultimately unite their feuding families. It was among Shakespeare s most popular plays during… …   Wikipedia

• List of Major League Baseball mascots — This is a list of current and former Major League Baseball mascots, sorted alphabetically. The tradition in the Major League Baseball mascot began with Mr. Met, introduced for the New York Mets when Shea Stadium opened in 1964. Although some… …   Wikipedia

• Summary of Decameron tales — This article contains summaries and commentaries of the 100 stories contained in Giovanni Boccaccio s The Decameron .Each story of the Decameron begins with a short heading explaining the plot of the story. The 1903 J. M. Rigg English translation …   Wikipedia