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" They could not get it off; they wore about their necks a great horn of an ox in a string or bawdry, which, when they came to a house, they did wind, and they put the drink given to them into this horn, whereto they put a stopple. Since the wars I do not... "
Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English: Containing Words from the ... - Page 189
by Thomas Wright - 1857
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The Polyanthea: Or, A Collection of Interesting Fragments, in Prose and ...

Charles Henry Wilson - Anecdotes - 1804 - 428 pages
...licentiated to go a- begging : ie they had on their left arm an armilla of tin, printed in some works about four inches long. They could not get it off....their necks a great horn of an ox, in a string or bawdry, which, when they came to a house, they did wind, and they did put the drink given them into...
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The Polyanthea: Or, A Collection of Interesting Fragments, in ..., Volume 1

Charles Henry Wilson - Anecdotes - 1804 - 428 pages
...their left arm an armilla of tin, printed in some works about four inches long. They could not get H off. They wore about their necks a great horn of an ox, in a string or tawdry, which, when they came to a house, they did wind, and they did put the drink given them into...
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Tickler, Or, Monthly Compendium of Good Things, in Prose and ..., Volumes 1-3

English literature - 1818 - 596 pages
...licentiated to go a begging: ie they had on their left arm an armilla of tin, printed in some works about four inches long. They could not get it off. They wore about their necks a great hom of an ox, in a string or bawdry, which, when they came to a house, they did wind, and they did...
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Curiosities of Literature, Volume 5

Isaac Disraeli - English literature - 1823 - 338 pages
...their left arm an armilla, an iron ring for the arm, about four inches long, as printed in some works*. They could not get it off; they wore about their necks a great horn of an ox in a string or bawdry, which, when they came to a house, they did wind, and they put the drink given to them into...
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Curiosities of Literature, Volume 5

Isaac Disraeli - Literature - 1823 - 334 pages
...their left arm an armilla, an iron ring for the arm, about four inches long, as printed in some works*. They could not get it off; they wore about their necks a great horn of an ox in a string or bawdry, which, when they came to a house, they did wind, and they put the drink given to them into...
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Curiosities of Literature: And the Literary Character Illustrated

Isaac Disraeli - American literature - 1846 - 530 pages
...left arm an arrnilla, an iron ring for the arm, about four inches long as printed in some works, f They could not get it off; they wore about their necks a great horn of an ox in a string or bawdry, which, when they came to a house, they did wind, and they put the drink given to them into...
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Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Review

Early English newspapers - 1847 - 760 pages
...their left arm an armilla of tinn, printed in some workes, about four inches long ; they could not gett it off. They wore about their necks a great horn of an oxe in a string or bawdrie, which, when they came to an house for almes, they did wind : and they did...
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The Journal of Nicholas Assheton: Of Downham, in the County of Lancaster ...

Nicholas Assheton - 1848 - 278 pages
...begging: f.',r . they had on their left arm an armilla of iiuu, printed in some wordes about foure inches long ; they could not get it off. They wore about their necks a great horn of an oxe in a string or bawdrie, which, when they came to an house for almes they did winde : and they did...
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Remains, Historical and Literary, Connected with the Palatine Counties of ...

Cheshire (England) - 1848 - 224 pages
...goe a begging: eg they had on their left arm an armilla of tinn, printed in some wordes about foure inches long ; they could not get it off. They wore about their necks a great horn of an oxe in a string or bawdrie, which, when they came to an house for almes they did winde : and they did...
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Familiar Views of Lunacy and Lunatic Life: With Hints on the Personal Care ...

Views, Late Medical Superintendent of an Asylum for the Insane - Great Britain - 1850 - 224 pages
...soberness, they were licentiated to go a begging, ie, they had on their left arm an armilla of tinn, about four inches long. They could not get it off:...about their necks a great horn of an ox in a string, which, when they did come to an house for alms, they did wind: and they did put the drink given them...
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