Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—V

Vine

(1 syl.). The Rabbins say that the fiend buried a lion, a lamb, and a hog at the foot of the first vine planted by Noah; and that hence men receive from wine ferocity, mildness, or wallowing in the mire. (See Midrash.)

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