HALBERT H.
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DOWRUCK.
In different parts of the North of England it is customary for the
labouring men to come before their masters at the close of their
_dowruck_ (day's work,) and inform him of their labours; the number of
hours their work took them are cut in notches upon an ash stick, and
at the end of the week when the men are paid, the stick is produced,
which immediately shows what each man is entitled to.
W.H.H.
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FAITOUR LANE,
Or as it is now called, Fetter Lane, is a term used by Chaucer, for an
idle fellow. The propriety of its denomination is indisputable.
W.H.H.
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ROBIN HOOD.
At Brough Sowerby, in Westmoreland, is an ale-house bearing the sign
of Robin Hood, with the following lines beneath it:--
"Good frinds, good frinds, my ale is good.
It is the sign of Robin Hood,
If Robin Hood be not at hoame,
Step in and drink with Littel Johne."
W.H.H.
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JACK OF HILTON, THE BRAZEN IMAGE, ALIAS AN AEOLIPILE.
(_For The Mirror_.
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