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Date "BEL-FIRES" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1898. (references)

Specialty Definition: BEL-FIRES

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LiteratureBel-fires Between Bel's two fires. Scylla on one side and Charybdis on the other. In Irish, Itter dha teine Bheil, in a dilemma. The reference is to the two fires kindled on May Eve in every village, between which all men and beasts devoted to sacrifice were compelled to pass. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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