The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-03-12

Deserves a lash
Across his bui,ucks bare
For teaching school
And playing The fool.
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And never coiuoiug his hair.

Anu nv u So.G'ahS ''s iitsiA'
l'a!iI recently was under the impression
,.,.t he u" OF the word fool as verb was
purely American adaptation. l find,
however. thYt quaint old George Herbert
advises his readers to fool not.' The
word once turned from noun into 4 verb
would speedily be varied in lenses, and
,sncc fooled" and - fooIing."
!: 2 man i ruined in \ orkshirc things are
said ia BE- Dicky with him" This express
son >catctrld traces back to the ial! OF
Richard III. on Bosworth field. when the
memorable warning was given 10 the Duke
d Norfolk:
'-'1~kycr Norfolk. lie 10: 50 holc.
= uirAc.. Thy master. Is bought and sold
A.Y" beard Americans say that deco
r-':aa.da7>" were American inventions.
Ia> j, entirely mistake. 1t has been the
t&..oa III south Wales from time immemo-
Ill - appoint an annual day for strcWlng
with flowers the graves OF the departed
t. French have long been accustomed to
decorate graves, but they have never made
Practice Il appointing special and gene
- Internationally rs in the United
SITES aal III south Wales. Abraham Lin
coin, iayolIte pa>ttme was arhWllng. In
Glaciers day 1rhittle meant Il large knife,
H., was >pelt "Thwittle.' DR.. Andrew
Winter and Bishop nchcr ascribed the orr!
Gin Of "Cnci-l1,;I> box " 10 the time OF the
t;u>aGc>, when the English soldiers re-
turning home ported the word baksheeSh.
@.I hence Christmas bakSheeSh shortened
.@'1 Christmas Jnhs and tor. LWge&se, used
Sllna similar scuSc in Virginia and the East
c.LagIand. came in with William the Con-
.@1g9r." .Duiid ne" and .'gct me- in
S.sv1 o.: "buiid myself" or get my
s.i'-thU>: Il am going to build me 4
-.u.t," or :" | must get me new bat -
- lCraiy Angio->ayon phrases. "O!d
L-1.' term 30 common in Virginia, pre-
VIZ: a,o in the East Of England, where
!%ape always speak Of their nelghbors as
100 M2n >mith" or "Old man ThOmp-
>a..' etc. Old man" is also public
School slang in England. | forget whether
3litf- in Tom ErO,rn, but it Is certainly
@~0-, Rugby and EtOn-pGr erempte, "A!i
!st. old man" or . Come along, old
i~@u from one boy to another. - Topsy-
lFEj i. IN abreyiaiion OF "Top-side
other wa" a dead rs 4 door-naiI has
1@t0 traced 10 MS. OF Piers pi0nghm@n,
reserved al Cambridge:
"te.'n without f1i' +, +, bcrc rllan roush,.
i''1 4. I.1t rs q dorsnuii, bu, If The dcdes
>tE !. Madden said this was q provcrb
n".th Gas become Indigenous, but the sense
% ., WINCH il is difficult 10 analyze." Dir.
'A.1', referring TO this remark, SAID: a."
"". very much Of TIE same opinion" De
,'"e 'ue>t eminent authorities 1t appears 10
i' '"@t l! We remember that when we
"thch Tie nail :" we are said to " drive 1t
-''@.t, We shall got beautiful idea. Death
.o@'c, 70 all men TO "drivc them home"
a.. I"1 he hammer desccnds on the NAL to
t'Nt Il home" \ nail in 4 door when
~ III Oh times doors were built TO last and
"1e studded with nails, might well seem
!" 'he lower orders to have been
"'l'en home" and become "dead"
,!msET' TO "turn the tables" on
al! BODY is said by Evelyn TO have
.sMased among the Romans, who
~, rHe gwen TO great extravaganza in tables.
,, nts "htn Roman malron was charged
:, .ta t4tfavagances in dress she used "turn
.4E t"Dlcs on her husband. ''Do as say
";'I not a. do" is found in the writings
VI bl!occaccio; but our Lord said (Mattbew
a. Hlil:' and I'd and sd verses regarding the
: 1afisees: "Do not We after their works,
az S, mey say and do not" In one OF Dean
, Hi,an'c!'s recent diScourses he very cffec-
lively quoted:
cay veil is good DO nell Is better;
oo Wei Ii spirit: say well 10 letter."
!aoln al ola writer. Among the curious
Ho'ds Used IN The Bible is "clouts VIZ,
o oF, xXXvili., II and 12-where "these
,iu cast clouts and old rotten rags" are men
"otta. Murder will out" is Chaucerian
i Blood is thicker than water"
a nteans mat blood relations are more closely
a,heo man The god-iathcrs and god-mothers
' "nose relationship begins with the water
s esee III the baptism OF child. "OlP Har-
:; and "Old kickn remind us Of the
wv conquest OF England, when the devil
t Ma' "oid Erik" "Olden Erik" and . the
"'aeh," or sold 'un," sold Erik1 and