Observations on the Popular Antiquities of Great Britain: Chiefly Illustrating the Origin of Our Vulgar and Provincial Customs, Ceremonies, and Superstitions, Volume 2Henry G. Bohn, 1853 |
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... skimmington , " as then practised in that country . The patient cuckold rides on a mule , hand - shackled , and having on an amazing large pair of antlers , which are twisted about with herbs , with four little flags at the top , and ...
... skimmington , " as then practised in that country . The patient cuckold rides on a mule , hand - shackled , and having on an amazing large pair of antlers , which are twisted about with herbs , with four little flags at the top , and ...
Page 182
... skimmington , " engraved by Hogarth for Hudibras , we observe a tailor's wife employed in this manner to denote her own , but , as she thinks , her hus- band's infamy . " The Winstanley , in his Historical Rarities , p . 76 , says ...
... skimmington , " engraved by Hogarth for Hudibras , we observe a tailor's wife employed in this manner to denote her own , but , as she thinks , her hus- band's infamy . " The Winstanley , in his Historical Rarities , p . 76 , says ...
Page 189
... , to which the English word infamous most nearly corresponds ; for he could not make oath in any cause . The celebrated Islandic bard , Egill Skallagrim , having performed " To ride , " or " riding Skimmington , CORNUTES . 189.
... , to which the English word infamous most nearly corresponds ; for he could not make oath in any cause . The celebrated Islandic bard , Egill Skallagrim , having performed " To ride , " or " riding Skimmington , CORNUTES . 189.
Page 190
... Skimmington , " is , according to Grose , a ludicrous cavalcade in ridicule of a man beaten by his wife : it consists of a man riding behind a woman with his face to the horse's tail , holding a distaff in his hand , at which he seems ...
... Skimmington , " is , according to Grose , a ludicrous cavalcade in ridicule of a man beaten by his wife : it consists of a man riding behind a woman with his face to the horse's tail , holding a distaff in his hand , at which he seems ...
Page 191
... Skimmington : " There is another custom in England , which is very extraor- dinary a woman carries something in the ... Skimmington and her Husband . This cut is repeated in a chapter entitled Skimmington's Lecture to her Husband , which ...
... Skimmington : " There is another custom in England , which is very extraor- dinary a woman carries something in the ... Skimmington and her Husband . This cut is repeated in a chapter entitled Skimmington's Lecture to her Husband , which ...
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