Part 12

Apparently because they are out of kind, and therefore presumed to be uncanny.

=He has more to do than the ovens of London at Christmas.=--_Italian._

=They agree like the clocks of London.=--_French_, _Italian_.

Which clocks disagree to this day. (See _Household Words_, No. 410.) "The city time measurers are so far behind each other that the last chime of eight has hardly fallen on the ear from the last church, when another sprightly clock is heard to begin the hour of nine. Each clock, however, governs, and is believed in by, its own immediate neighbourhood."

=Shake a bridle over a Yorkshireman's grave, and he will rise and steal a horse.=

=He is Yorkshire.=

He is a keen blade. "He's of Spoleto" (_E Spoletino_), say the Italians.

=The devil will not come into Cornwall for fear of being put into a pie.=

Cornish housewives make pies of such unlikely materials as potatoes, pilchards, &c.

=By Tre, Pol, and Pen,= =You shall know the Cornish men.=

Surnames beginning with these syllables--_e.g._, Trelawney, Polwhele, Penrose--are originally Cornish.

=A Scottish man and a Newcastle grindstone travel all the world over.=

Newcastle grindstones were long reputed the best of their kind. Another version of the proverb associates them with rats and red herrings, things which are very widely diffused over the globe, but not more so than Scotchmen.

=Three great evils come out of the north--a cold wind, a cunning knave, and a shrinking cloth.=

=He's an Aberdeen's man; he may take his word again.=--_Scotch._

=An Aberdeen's man ne'er stands to the word that hurts him.=--_Scotch._

The people of Normandy labour under the same imputation: "A Norman has his say and his unsay."[792] This proverb is said to have arisen out of the ancient custom of the province, according to which contracts did not become valid until twenty-four hours after they had been signed, and either party was at liberty to retract during that interval.

=Wise men of Gotham.=

Gotham is a village in Nottinghamshire, declared by universal consent, for reasons unknown, to be the head quarters of stupidity in this country, on whose inhabitants all sorts of ridiculous stories might be fathered. The convenience of having such a butt for sarcasm has been recognised by all nations. The ancient Greeks had their Bœotia, which was for them what Swabia is for the modern Germans. The Italians compare foolish people to those of Zago, "Who sowed needles that they might have a crop of crowbars, and dunged the steeple to make it grow."[793] The French say, "Ninety-nine sheep and a Champenese make a round hundred,"[794] the man being a stupid animal like the rest. The Abbé Tuet traces back the origin of this story to Cæsar's conquest of Gaul. Before that period the wealth of Champagne consisted in flocks of sheep, which paid a rate in kind to the public revenue. The conqueror, wishing to favour the staple of the province, exempted from taxation all flocks numbering less than a hundred head, and the consequence was that the Champenese always divided their sheep into flocks of ninety-nine. But Cæsar was soon even with them, for he ordered that in future the shepherd of every flock should be counted as a sheep, and pay as one.

=Tenterden steeple's the cause of the Goodwin Sands.=

This proposition is commonly quoted as a flagrant example of bad logic, illustrating the fallacy of the reference _post hoc, ergo propter hoc_. A very quaint account of its origin is given in these words in one of Latimer's sermons:--"Mr. Moore was once sent with commission into Kent, to try out, if it might be, what was the cause of Goodwin's Sands, and the shelf which stopped up Sandwich Haven. Thither cometh Mr. Moore, and calleth all the country before him; such as were thought to be men of experience, and men that could of likelihood best satisfy him of the matter concerning the stopping of Sandwich Haven. Among the rest came in before him an old man with a white head, and one that was thought to be little less than an hundred years old. When Mr. Moore saw this aged man he thought it expedient to hear him say his mind in this matter; for, being so old a man, it was likely that he knew most in that presence, or company. So Mr. Moore called this old aged man unto him, and said, 'Father, tell me, if you can, what is the cause of the great arising of the sands and shelves here about this haven, which stop it up so that no ships can arrive here. You are the oldest man I can espy in all the company, so that if any man can tell the cause of it, you of all likelihood can say most to it, or at leastwise more than any man here assembled.' 'Yea, forsooth, good Mr. Moore,' quoth this old man, 'for I am well-nigh an hundred years old, and no man here in this company anything near my age.' 'Well, then,' quoth Mr. Moore, 'how say you to this matter? What think you to be the cause of these shelves and sands, which stop up Sandwich Haven?' 'Forsooth, sir,' quoth he, 'I am an old man; I think that Tenterton steeple is the cause of Goodwin's Sands. For I am an old man, sir,' quoth he; 'I may remember the building of Tenterton steeple, and I may remember when there was no steeple at all there. And before that Tenterton steeple was in building there was no manner of talking of any flats or sands that stopped up the haven; and therefore I think that Tenterton steeple is the cause of the decay and destroying of Sandwich Haven.'"

After all, this is not so palpable a _non sequitur_ as it appears, for, says Fuller, "One story is good till another is told; and though this be all whereupon this proverb is generally grounded, I met since with a supplement thereunto: it is this. Time out of mind, money was constantly collected out of this county to fence the east banks thereof against the irruption of the sea, and such sums were deposited in the hands of the Bishop of Rochester; but because the sea had been quiet for many years without any encroaching, the bishop commuted this money to the building of a steeple and endowing a church at Tenterden. By this diversion of the collection for the maintenance of the banks, the sea afterwards broke in upon Goodwin Sands. And now the old man had told a rational tale, had he found but the due favour to finish it; and thus, sometimes, that is causelessly accounted ignorance of the speaker which is nothing but impatience in the auditors, unwilling to attend to the end of the discourse."

=A loyal heart may be landed under Traitors' Bridge.=

Every one who has passed down the Thames from London Bridge knows that archway in front of the Tower, under which boats conveying prisoners of state used to pass to Traitors' Stairs.

=A knight of Cales, a gentleman of Wales, and a laird of the north countree;= =A yeoman of Kent, with his yearly rent, will buy them out all three.=

"Cales knights were made in that voyage by Robert, Earl of Essex, to the number of sixty, whereof (though many of great birth) some were of low fortunes; and therefore Queen Elizabeth was half offended with the earl for making knighthood so common. Of the numerousness of Welsh gentlemen nothing need be said, the Welsh generally pretending to gentility. Northern lairds are such who in Scotland hold lands in chief of the king, whereof some have no great revenue. So that a Kentish yeoman (by the help of a hyperbole) may countervail," &c.--(_Fuller._) "A Spanish don, a German count, a French marquis, an Italian bishop, a Neapolitan cavalier, a Portuguese hidalgo, and a Hungarian noble make up a so-so company" (Italian).[795]

=The Italians are wise before the fact, the Germans in the fact, the French after the fact.=--_Italian._[796]

=The Italians are known by their singing, the French by their dancing, the Spaniards by their lording it, and the Germans by their drinking.=--_Italian._[797]

=Where Germans are, Italians like not to be.=--_Italian._[798]

=Italy, heads, holidays, and tempests.=--_Italian._[799]

A gentleman, who visited Dublin in the O'Connell times, gave it as the result of his experience there that Ireland was a land of groans, grievances, and invitations to dinner.

=He that has to do with a Tuscan must not be blind.=--_Italian._[800]

There is a double meaning in the original. The same Italian word means Tuscan and poison.

=It is better to be in the forest and eat pine cones than to live in a castle with Spaniards.=--_Italian._[801]

Because the frugal Spanish soldiers could subsist on diet on which men of other nations would starve. For them "Bread and radishes were a heavenly dinner" (Spanish).[802]

=Abstract from Spaniard all his good qualities, and there remains a Portuguese.=--_Spanish._

=Every layman in Castile might make a king, every clerk a pope.=--_Spanish._

If the overweening pride of the Spaniard appears in these two proverbs, the candour of the following must also be acknowledged:--

=Succours of Spain, either late or never.=--_Spanish._[803]

=Things of Spain.=--_Spanish._[804]

That is, abuses, anomalies, and faults of all kinds. See "Ford's Handbook," _passim_.

=When the Spaniard sings, either he is mad or he has not a doit.=--_Spanish._[805]

=A Pole would rather steal a horse on Sunday than eat milk or butter on Friday.=--_German._[806]

=Poland is the hell of peasants, the paradise of Jews, the purgatory of burghers, the heaven of nobles, and the gold mine of foreigners.=--_German._[807]

=A Polish bridge, a Bohemian monk, a Swabian nun, Italian devotion, and German fasting are worth a bean.=--_German._[808]

=If the devil came out of hell to fight there would forthwith be a Frenchman to accept the challenge.=--_French._[809]

=When the Frenchman sleeps the devil rocks him.=--_French._[810]

=The Italians weep, the Germans screech, and the French sing.=--_French._[811]

This is found word for word in Italian also, though it seems devised for the special glorification of Frenchmen. The Portuguese say,--

=The Frenchman sings well when his throat is moistened.=--_Portuguese._[812]

=The Germans have their wit in their fingers.=--_French._[813]

That means they are skilful workmen.

=The emperor of Germany is the king of kings, the king of Spain king of men, the king of France king of asses, the king of England king of devils.=--_French._[814]

=It is better to hear the lark sing than the mouse creep.=

This was the proverb of the Douglases, adopted by every Border chief to express, as Sir Walter Scott observes, what the great Bruce had pointed out--that the woods and hills were the safest bulwarks of their country, instead of the fortified places which the English surpassed their neighbours in the art of assaulting or defending. The Servians have a similar saying: "Better to look from the mountain than from the dungeon."

=He that has missed seeing Seville has missed seeing a marvel.=--_Spanish._[815]

=See Naples and die.=--_Italian._[816]

=There is but one Paris.=--_French._[817]

FOOTNOTES:

[788] L'Inglese italianizzato, un diavolo incarnato.

[789] Inghilterra paradiso di donne, purgatorio di borse, e inferno di cavalli.

[790] Con todo el mondo guerra, y paz con Inglaterra.

[791] Op een witten Spanjaard en op een zwarten Engelschman moet men acht geven.

[792] Un Normand a son dit et son dédit.

[793] Più pazzi di quei da Zago, che seminavano gucchie per raccogher poi pali di ferro, e davano del letame al campanile perchè crescesse.

[794] Quatre-vingt-dix-neuf moutons et un Champenois font cent bêtes.

[795] Un don di Spagna, conte d'Allemagna, marchese di Francia, vescovo d'Italia, cavaglier di Napoli, idalgo di Portugullo, nobile d'Ungheria fanno una tal qual compagnia.

[796] Gl' Italiani saggi innanzi il fatto, i Tedeschi nel fatto, i Francesi dopo il fatto.

[797] L'Italiano al cantare, i Francesi al ballare, i Spagnuoli al bravare, i Tedeschi allo sbevacchiare, si conoscono.

[798] Dove stanno Tedeschi, mal volontieri stanno Italiani.

[799] Italia, teste, feste, e tempeste.

[800] Chi ha da far con Tosco, non vuol esser losco.

[801] E meglio star al bosco, e mangiar pignuoli, che star in castello co' Spagnuoli.

[802] Pan y ravanillos, comer de Dios.

[803] Socorros de España, ó tarde, ó nunca.

[804] Cosas de España.

[805] Quando el Español canta, ó rabia, ó no tiene blanca.

[806] Ein Pole würde eher am Sonntag ein Pferd stehlen, als am Freitag Milch oder Butter essen.

[807] Polen ist der Bauern Hölle, der Juden Paradies, der Bürger Fegefeuer, der Edelleute Himmel, und der Fremden Goldgrube.

[808] Eine Polnische Brücke, ein Böhmischer Mönkh, eine Schabische Nonne, Welsche Andacht, und der Deutschen Fasten gelten eine Bohne.

[809] Si le diable sortait de l'enfer pour combattre, il se présenterait aussitôt un Français pour accepter le défi.

[810] Quand le Français dort, le diable le berce.

[811] Les Italiens pleurent, les Allemands crient, et les Français chantent.

[812] Bein canta o Francez, papo molhado.

[813] Les Allemands ont l'esprit au doigts.

[814] L'empereur d'Allemagne est le roy des roys, le roy d'Espagne roy des hommes, le roy de France roy des asnes, et le roy d'Angleterre roy des diables.

[815] Quien no ha vista Sevilla, no ha vista maraviglia.

[816] Vedi Napoli e poi mori.

[817] Il n'y a qu'un Paris.

INDEX.

Abbot, 114, 209, 210 Aberdeen, 218 Absence, 39 Absent, 39 Absents, 41 Acorn, 51 Adder, 19 Ado, much, 128 Adversity, 67, 151 Advice, 159, 160 Advise, 159 Age, 31 Agreement, 201 Alcalde, 197 Ale, 86, 175 All but, 87 Almost, 86, 87 Alms, 115 Altar, 123 Anchuelos, secret of, 178 Another, 110 Anvil, 194 Ape, 27, 35 Apothecary, 204 Appearances, 127 Apple, 113 Apples, 101 April, 212, 213 Arabic, 151 Archer, 123 Arm, 62, 73 Arrow, 34 Ashamed, 99 Ass, 33, 34, 70, 76, 79, 90, 102, 120 Ass's head, 34 Ass's tail, 34 Attorneys, 202 August, 214 Aunt's house, 40 Aver, 34

Bachelors' wives, 103 Back, 54, 70 Backward, 153 Bacon, 128 Badger, 41 Bail, 64 Bald, 124, 127 Bale, 57 Bargain, 74 Barkers, 171 Battle, 68, 193 Bean, 123 Bear, 142 Beard, 59, 191 Bearskin, 142 Beauty, 8, 10 Bee, 35 Beetle, 101 Beginning, 191, 194 Begun, 191 Bell, 91 Bell the cat, 174 Bend, 30 Best, 75, 122, 152, 153 Bides, 68 Bird, 36, 37, 77, 141, 145, 173 Bite, 58, 172, 173 Bitterness, 110 Blackamoor, 34, 120 Black puddings, 113 Blood, 33 Blood-letting, 73 Blossom, 30 Boast, 173 Boaster, 173 Bog, 160 Bohemian, 225 Bone, 32 Boot, 57 Boots, 84 Born, 54 Born to be hanged, 182 Borrow, 113, 138 Bow, 82 Brag, 173 Bray, 134 Bread, 189, 215 Breeches, 181 Bricks, 58 Bride, 9 Broke my leg, 56 Brothers, 49 Brother's house, 40 Builds, 160 Bull, 153, 206 Bury, 203 Bush, 47, 155, 175 Busy, 72 Butter, 132 Buyer, 129 By and by, 138

Cackling, 86 Cake, 123 Cales, 222 Calf, 81, 104 Candle, 135 Candlelight, 10 Candlemas, 211, 212 Cap, 125 Capon, 114 Capples, 22 Captain, 197 Carcass, 59 Care, 129 Case altered, 111 Castile, 224 Castles, 142, 143 Cat, 33, 54, 61, 76, 86, 98, 106, 107, 128, 131, 149, 172 Cat, a baited, 83 Caudle, 114 Chaff, 199 Champenese, 219 Charity, 104 Charybdis, 158 Cheapest, 75 Cheats, 149 Cheese, 132, 199 Chester, 68 Chick, 141 Chickens, 141, 142 Child, 26, 27, 64, 104, 114, 148, 170, 194 Children, 26, 28, 52, 103 Choice, 152 Choose, 152 Christened, 114 Christian, 140 Christmas, 214, 215, 217 Church, 132 Church of God, 210 Churl, 116 Clergy, 208 Clerk, 197, 199, 208, 224 Clerks, 151 Cloak, 128 Clocks, 217 Clothes, 99 Coach, 103 Coal, 129 Coal-sack, 35 Coat, 73, 202 Cobbler's dog, 103 Cook, 27, 37, 65 Collier, 37 Colt, 29 Common fame, 163 Company, 99 Comparisons, 154 Comrade, 48 Conquers, 69 Contrivance, 157 Cook, 196 Cook and butler, 180 Cornish, 218 Cornwall, 56, 218 Cossack, 69 Cost, 75 Council, 159 Counsel, 63 Counselled, 159 Courtesy, 131 Covet, 78 Covetousness, 78 Cow, 34, 104, 108 Coward, 83 Crab, 32 Craft, 131 Craftsman, 97 Crane, 145 Cranes, 179 Creaking, 205 Creep, 194 Cripple, 120, 151 Cripples, 85, 99 Crooked carlin, 120 Crooks, 30 Crow, 27, 120 Crucifixes, 55 Cry, great, 128 Cry out, 57 Cup, 144 Cupar, 93 Curse, 172 Custom, 96-98 Cutty, 155

Dainty, 189 Dancer, 89 Darkest hour, 57 Daughter, 114 Daughters, 24, 28 Day, 67, 142 Daylight, 166 Dead, 114 Dead men's, 146 Dear, 74 Debt, 64 Deil, 65, 71, 72, 128, 200 Deils, 63 Delay, 139 Devil, 86, 130, 132, 136, 138, 143, 153, 187, 217 Devils, 52 Die, 146 Dirt, 162 Dirty-nosed, 120 Dishclout, 84, 163 Disease, 203 Ditch, 142 Doctor, 203, 204 Dog, 37, 48, 51, 58, 83, 103, 148, 150, 157, 162, 171, 190 Dog, mad, 183 Dogs, 99, 154 Doing nothing, 71 Dollar, 54 Done, 191 Donkey, 102 Door, 67 Down, 58, 59 Drink, 90 Driver, 122 Drought, 214 Drown, 182 Drowned, 64, 182 Drowning, 58 Drunken, 124, 181 Drunkenness, 181 Dunghill, 37 Dyke, 59, 103 Dyke side, 72

Eagles, 35, 59 Ears, 28, 180 Earth, 203 East, 83 Eaten bread, 118

Egg, 86, 113, 145 Eggs, 154 Elbow, 207 Emperor, 132 Empty, 129 Ending, 191 Enemy, 44, 83 England, 214, 217 English, 64 Englishman, 37, 215-217 Enough, 77-79 Even song, 67 Evening, 63 Everybody, 163 Every man, 94, 104 Every one, 104, 105, 108, 159 Everything, 194 Evil, 57, 63 Ewe, 70 Ewe and lamb, 45 Excuse, excuses, 39, 123, 124, 126 Experience, 148 Extremes, 83 Eye, 78 Eye, sore, 207

Fair and softly, 79 Fall out, 180 Fame, common, 163 Familiarity, 41 Far awa', 39 Farther, 153 Fashion, 99 Fashious, 40 Fast bind, 65 Fasting, 124 Father, 26, 54, 187, 197 Fault, 39, 123, 124, 129 Faultless, 122 Faults, 11 Favour, 118 Feast, 83 February, 211 Februeer, 211 Fellowship, 50 Feyther, 27 Fiddlers, 50 Fierce, 37, 83 Fifteen, 29 Figs, 94 Filly, 27 Fine, 9 Fingers, 68 Fire, 60, 81, 82, 163, 179 Fire, catching, 124 First blow, 193 Fish, 68, 86, 94, 141, 149 Fisherman, 122 Five, 29 Flawed pots, 205 Flax, 11 Fleas, 7, 80, 99 Flesh, 32 Fleyed, 57 Flies, 35, 70, 81 Flitches, 128 Foe, 43 Folks, 164 Folly, 34 Fool, 29, 34, 52, 75, 91, 94, 120, 160, 161, 169 Fools, 28, 52, 74, 160 Forbid, 94 Forbidden fruit, 93 Force, 157 Forgotten, 39 Fortune, 52, 55, 56 Forward, 153 Foster, 41, 46 Foul finger, 121 Fox, 154, 183 Foxes, 183 Framet, 40 France, 225 Free, 115 Freere's, 209 French, 222, 223, 225 Frenchman, 225 Friar, 55, 133, 209 Friars, 209, 210 Friar's conscience, 65 Friday, 124, 224 Friend, 40, 43, 45, 46, 204 Friends, 39, 40, 43-46, 136, 147 Friendship, 40, 42, 43, 45 Frog, 34 Fruit, 70, 161 Fruit, forbidden, 93 Fruit, late, 30 Fryingpan, 161 Fules, 197 Full-fed, 190 Furriers, 183

Gain, 76 Galled horse, 124 Gallows, 116, 183 Gambrel, 30 Gander, 1 Gear, 75 Gear to tine, 186 Gentle, 70, 81 Gentleness, 81 German, 222, 225 Germany, 225 Gibbet, 116 Giblets, 115 Giff-gaff, 50 Gifts, 90 Gileynoar, 79 Giving, 113 Glass houses, 119 Glitters, 128 Glowworm, 128 Glutton, 81 Goat, 10 God, 105, 114, 130, 136, 138, 139, 141, 145, 170, 187, 200, 204 God help, 120 Godfathers, 114 God's sake, 115, 210 Gold, 83, 128, 188 Good name, 164 Good-will, 90 Goodwin Sands, 220 Goose, 1, 115 Gospel, 157 Gotham, 219 Grace of God, 79 Grapes, 94 Grass, 211 Greedy, 78, 79 Grey mare, 23 Grindstone, 218 Gudewife, 76 Gudewilly, 115 Guest, 41

Habit, 97 Hackerton's cow, 112 Hair, 124, 145 Half, 155, 201 Halt, 151 Hameliness, 41 Hand, 173 Hand, in, 145 Handsaw, 157 Handsome, 10 Hang, 125, 128, 154, 183-185 Hanged, 84, 116, 125, 182, 184, 188 Hanging, 125, 127 Hangit, 109 Hangs, 162 Hanselled, 185 Hap, 53 Happy, 53, 187 Hardest step, 193 Hare, 101, 134 Hares, 145 Harried, 53 Harvest, 214 Haste, 80 Hatter, 54 Hawk, 34 Hay, 138 Head, sound, 123 Hearsay, 163 Heart, 110, 131 Heaven, 136 Heaven, goes to, 187 Hell, 90, 91, 136, 202 Helmet, 64 Help, 46, 48, 160 Helps, 147 Helped, 159 Hen, 23, 33 Hens, 115 Hen's egg, 86, 113 Herring, 105, 141 Hobby, 95 Hog, 35 Home, 36, 104 Homely, 36 Honest man, 132, 164, 167 Honesty, 166 Honey, 35, 70, 81, 196, 214 Hood, 133 Hooly and fairly, 79 Hope, 125, 146, 147 Hopers, 91 Horn, 62, 133 Horse, 29, 49, 70, 86, 90, 115 Horse corn, 115 Horses, 101 Horse, a good, 122 Horseman, 103 Host, 108, 141 Hostess, 9 Hound, 33 Hounds, 90, 101, 134, 150 House, 21, 37, 38, 82, 175 Hungarian, 222 Hunger, 189, 190, 209 Hungry, 81, 146, 189, 190 Hunters, 132 Hurt, 57 Husbands, 22

Ibycus, 179 Idle, 71, 72 Ill, 55, 56, 58 Ill name, 162 Ill said, 126 Ill-will, 162 Ill wind, 56 Intentions, 90, 91 Irishman, 216 Iron, 138 Italian, 222, 223, 225 Italianised Englishman, 217 Italy, 223

Jack, 52, 82 Janiveer, 211 January, 211 Jealousy, 12 Jedwood, 185 Jews, 224 Joan, 10 Jock Thief, 48 John Jelly, 105 Joyous heart, 89 Judgment, 159 July, 213 June, 213 Justice, 112 Justice, Peralvillo, 184 Justice, the, 197

Kail, 65 Kent, 222 Kettle, 120 Key, 65, 100 Keys, 68 Kick, 58 Kiln, 120 Kind, 33 Kindness, 14, 42 King, 38, 85, 101 King's, 199 King's horses, 102 Kiss, 131 Kissing, 46 Kitchen, 74 Knave, 117 Knock down, 58

Labours, 71 Lack, 78 Ladder, 48 Lady, 49 Laird, 136, 222 Lamb, 84 Landlady, 9 Lark, 226 Lass, 152 Lasses, 11 Late fruit, 30 Lathered, 191 Latin, 151 Law, 145, 200, 201 Law breakers, 200 Law makers, 200 Laws, 200 Lawsuit, 201 Lawyer, 201, 202 Lawyers, 189, 201, 202 Layman, 224 Leak, 75 Leap, 61 Leg, 56, 73 Lend, 114 Leveret, 145 Liar, 48, 173 Liars, 165 Lidford, 184 Lie, lies, 123, 149, 165 Lifeless, 122 Likely, 128 Lion, 37, 48, 83 Lion's den, 96 Little, 28 Little sticks, 79 Live, 150 Live-long, 80 London, 217 Longears, 120 Loose, 65 Lorris, 58 Losing, 55 Love, 11-15, 26, 200 Loyal, 222 Luck, 51-54, 71 Lucky, 53 Luther's shoes, 102 Lying, 86

Mad, 100 Mad dog, 183 Maggots, 55 Maid, 28 Maiden, 185 Maids' children, 103 Malmsey, 93 Many, 82 Many ways, 156 March, 212, 213 Mare, 27, 129 Marriage, 18, 20, 21 Married, 114 Marries, 16 Marry, 15, 17, 21, 23, 24, 28 Martin, 87, 88 Mass, 139 Master, 37, 50, 106, 197 May, 212, 213 Measure, 62 Mice, 33 Midden, 17, 37 Mill, 83, 104, 147 Miller, 106 Mind, 39 Minster, 139 Mire, 128 Mischief, 64, 71, 210 Miser, 83 Miser's money, 75 Misfortune, 55, 56 Miss, 87 Mither, 26, 27 Mixon, 16 Money, 67, 184, 186 Monk, 132, 210, 225 Monks, 209 Montgomery, 47 Moor, 174, 188 Morning, 63 Moses, 58 Mother, 26-28, 109, 170 Mother-in-law, 25 Mother of God, 52 Mother's milk, 32 Moulter, 106 Mountain, 128, 226 Mouse, 69, 77, 85, 128, 154, 226 Mousetrap, 173 Much, 78 Much ado, 128 Mulberry, 69 Murder, 178

Naebody, 126 Naethin, 71 Nag, 34 Nail, 154, 206 Naked, 99 Naples, 226 Neck, 55, 85 Need, 48, 49, 190 Neighbours, 40 Nest, 36 Newcastle, 218 News, 109 Night, 57, 142 Nile, 54 Nobody, 112 Nose, 54, 109, 124, 125 Nothing to do, 72 November, 214 Nuns, 209

Offence, 126 Office, 195, 197 Offices, 196 Old, 149, 206 Old sores, 63 Olive, 142 One-eyed, 154 Opens, 67 Opinions, 160 Orchard, 113 Oven, 120 Ower hot, 82 Ower mony, 82 Ox, 37, 54