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More than 5000 entries on the history, culture and life of Britain (published in 1993 by Macmillan, now out of print)
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Luck of Edenhall
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(Victoria and Albert Museum) A glass drinking vessel, in shape like a tumbler with a flared top, decorated with Islamic patterns in coloured enamel. Made in Syria in the 13C, it is believed to have been brought back by a crusader. It was owned by the Musgrave family of Edenhall in Cumbria, and its name derives from a legend that it was entrusted to them by a fairy king who warned that the luck of Edenhall would end if the glass ever broke. It has been in the V&A since 1958.
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