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Brewer's: Devil's Candle
So the Arabs call the mandrake, from its shining appearance at night. (Richardson.)
Those hellish fires that light The mandrake's charnel leaves at night.
T. Moore: Fire Worshippers.
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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