Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—S

Sun-burst

The fanciful name given by the ancient Irish to their national banner.

“At once, like a sun-burst, her banner unfurled.”

Thomas Moore: Irish Melodies, No. 6.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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