Lambert’s Day (St.),

September 17th. St. Landebert or Lambert, a native of Maestricht, lived in the seventh century.

“Be ready, as your lives shall answer it,

At Coventry, upon St. Lambert’s day.”


Shakespears: Richard II., i. 1.

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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.

Laksmi or Lakshmi
Lalla Rookh [tulip cheek]
Lama
Lamaïsm [Tibetan, Blama, spiritual teacher]
Lamb
Lamb (The Vegetable) or Tartarian lamb;
Lamb
Lamb-pie
Lamb’s Conduit Street (London)
Lamb’s Wool
Lambert’s Day (St.)
Lambro
Lame Duck (A)
Lame King
Lame Vicegerent (in Hudibras)
Lamerock (Sir)
Lamia
Lammas
Lammas Day (August 1st)
Lammas-tide
Lammer Beads