 | James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps - 1849 - 308 lehte
...respects of a ludicrous nature. " Barbers' forfeits," says Forby, in his Vocabulary of EastAnglia, p. 119, "exist to this day in some, perhaps in many, village...than mark.' Certainly more mischief might be done two hundred years ago, when the barber was also a surgeon." Dr. Kenrick* was the first to publish a... | |
 | Lady Eveline Camilla Gurdon - 1893 - 226 lehte
...this day in some, perhaps in many, village shops. They are penalties for handling the razors, etc., offences very likely to be committed by lounging clowns,...the water cistern, carry candles into the stables, etc. Forby. " Vocab. of E. Anglia," vol. i, p. THE ' BOY-BISHOP.' Strype says [Eccl. Mem., vol. iii,... | |
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forfeits in a barber's shop." They exist to this day in some, perhaps in many village shops. They are penalties for handling the razors, &c. ; offences very likely to be committed by lounging clowns, waiting for their turn to be scraped on a Saturday... 