Word: wee
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Fifteen centuries ago today, Saint Patrick chased the serpents out of Ireland. Since then, there have been annual commemorations of that worthy event, extending into the wee hours of the morning, at which time the snakes are usually doing the chasing...
...most others found it a rather relaxing interlude in a tough year-even the Scots, who also take politics seriously. Said one dour Scotsman who found himself in London last week: "I thought something silly like this might happen. I hope it won't go to the puir wee mon's head...
Munro inherited eleven letter-winners from his predecessor, wee Scot James MacDonald, and has used, with a few modifications, the short pass, English style of play that MacDonald taught. But according to the small coterie of old-time Boston soccer enthusiasts who are the only regular rooters for the team, the Crimson has improved considerably over the past two years. Under Munro, it plays a more coordinated control game than last year, when it won seven and lost...
...creature was stirring in the Yard last night, but it looked like the calm before what University police feared would be a storm of Big Green activity during the wee hours of the morning...
...plants, arranged in West Princes Street Gardens, to spell out in brilliant flowers the names of Chopin, Mozart and Beethoven. On flag-festooned streets, shops were chock-full of tartans and souvenirs. And Edinburgh's crammed hotels had wangled enough extra rations of Scotch for more than a wee drap o' that for everyone...