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Cockaigne

The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable | 2006 | | Copyright

Cockaigne an imaginary land of idleness and luxury. Recorded from Middle English, the word comes from Old French cocaigne, as in pais de cocaigne ‘fool's paradise’, ultimately from Middle Low German kokenje ‘small sweet cake’, diminutive of koke ‘cake’.

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Cockaigne (In London Town)

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music | 1996 | | Copyright

Cockaigne (In London Town). Concert-ov., Op.40, by Elgar, comp. 1900–1 and ded. to ‘my many friends the members of British orchestras’. Title refers to imaginary land of idleness and luxury from which word ‘Cockney’ is said to be derived.

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MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE. "Cockaigne (In London Town)." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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Land of Cockaigne

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

Land of Cockaigne , legendary country described in medieval tales, where delicacies of food and drink were to be had for the taking. The Land of Cockaygne is a 13th-century English poem satirizing monastic life.

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Free newspaper and magazine articles

	Herman Pleij. Dreaming of Cockaigne: Medieval Fantasies of the Perfect Life. Magazine article from: Utopian Studies; 1/1/2002
	The land of plenty.(Features) Newspaper article from: Daily Mail (London); 1/30/2012
	A strange & marvelous land: Peruvian crossroads in my fiction.(Essay) Magazine article from: World Literature Today; 1/1/2006