• The Dun Cow is a common motif in English folklore. "Dun" is a dull shade of brownish grey. The Dun Cow was said to be a savage beast roaming Dunsmore Heath...
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  • The Book of the Dun Cow (1978) is a fantasy novel by Walter Wangerin Jr. It is loosely based upon the beast fable of Chanticleer and the Fox adapted from...
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  • hUidre (Middle Irish: [ˈl͈ʲevor nˠə ˈhuiðʲrʲə], LU) or the Book of the Dun Cow (MS 23 E 25) is an Irish vellum manuscript dating to the 12th century....
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    known best for his fables The Book of the Dun Cow and its sequel The Book of Sorrows. The Book of the Dun Cow won a U.S. National Book Award in the one-year...
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    Durham, England (redirect from Dun Holm)
    Dun Holm. After Eadmer's revelation, Aldhun found that he was able to move the bier, but did not know where Dun Holm was. The legend of the Dun Cow,...
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    Cattle (redirect from Cow)
    maid who had lost her dun cow. They built Durham Cathedral where it was found. Dutch Golden Age painting: Young Herdsman with Cows by Aelbert Cuyp, 1655–60...
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  • Look up dun, dùn, or dún in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Dun most commonly refers to: Dun gene, which produces a brownish-gray color (dun) in horses...
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    Zealand – from Dùn Èideann, the Gaelic name for Edinburgh. Dunedin, Florida, USA – see Dunedin, New Zealand. Prehistoric Scotland Dun cow James, Alan. "The...
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    Milkmaid (redirect from Cow maid)
    observation led to the development of the first vaccine. A legend of a Dun Cow is about the milkmaid who guided the monks of Lindisfarne carrying the...
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  • Chaucer's Canterbury Tales The protagonist of the novel The Book of the Dun Cow, based on the cock from The Nun's Priest's Tale Chanticleer, the name of...
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