Frankum’s Night.

A night in June destructive to apple- and pear-trees. The tale is that one Frankum offered sacrifice in his orchard for an extra fine crop, but a blight ensued, and his trees were unproductive.

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

Francis’s Distemper (St.)
Franciscans
Frangipani
Frangipani Pudding
Frank
Frank Pledge
Frankeleynes Tale
Frankenstein
Frankforters
Franklin
Frankum’s Night
Frantic
Fraserian
Fraserian Group (The)
Frater
Frateretto
Fratery
Fraticellians [Little Brethren]
Frea
Free
Free Bench (francus bancus)