The Percy miscellany also quotes a pastoral poem by John Gay ( 1685-1732 ) , who wrote that : I 'll speed me to the pond , where the high stool On the long plank , hangs o'er the muddy pool , That stool the dread of ev'ry scolding quean .
The Percy miscellany also quotes a poem by John Gay ( 1685-1732 ) , who wrote that : I 'll speed me to the pond , where the high stool On the long plank , hangs o'er the muddy pool , That stool the dread of ev'ry scolding quean .