Moran's Collar
Preserved but no longer current.
In Irish folk-tale, the collar of Moran, the wise councillor of Feredach the Just, an early king of Ireland, before the Christian era, which strangled the wearer if he deviated from the strict rules of equity. Moratorium (mor A tor' i iim) (Lat. morari^ to daUy). A legal permission to defer for a Hated time the payment of a bond, debt, or other obligation.
Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)
Sources & notes
Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.
Common questions
What does “Moran's Collar” mean?
In Irish folk-tale, the collar of Moran, the wise councillor of Feredach the Just, an early king of Ireland, before the Christian era, which strangled the wearer if he deviated from the strict rules of equity. Moratorium (mor A tor' i iim) (Lat. morari^ to daUy). A legal permission to defer for a Hated time the payment of a bond, debt, or other obligation.
Is “Moran's Collar” formal or informal?
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