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Museum of Witchcraft — Coordinates: 50°41′20″N 4°41′31″W / 50.689°N 4.692°W / 50.689; 4.692 … Wikipedia
mother wit — natural or practical intelligence, wit, or sense. [1400 50; late ME moderis wytte] * * * … Universalium
Whight — Recorded as White, Wight, Whyte, and the unusual Whight, this is an English surname of the most ancient origins. It has a number of possible origins. In the single spellings of White or Wita, it appears in the very earliest surviving registers… … Surnames reference
White — Recorded as White, Wight, Whyte, and the unusual Whight, this is an English surname of the most ancient origins. It has a number of possible origins. In the single spellings of White or Wita, it appears in the very earliest surviving registers… … Surnames reference
necessity is the mother of invention — Cf. PERSIUS Satires Prologue 10 magister artis ingeniique largitor venter, the belly is the teacher of art and the giver of wit. The idea is stated more succinctly in 1519 W. HORMAN Vulgaria 52 Nede taught hym wytte. Necessitas ingenium dedit.… … Proverbs new dictionary
