 GOOSE RIDING. A goose, whose neck is greased, being suspended by the legs to a cord tied to two trees or high posts, a number of men on horseback, riding full speed, attempt to pull off the head: which if they effect, the goose is their prize.  A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue - Pagina 74door Francis Grose - 1785 - 182 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | James Caulfield - 1793 - 312 pagina’s
...fire. GOOSECAP, a filly fellow, or woman. GOOSE RIDING, a goofe whofe neck is greafed being fufpended by the legs to a cord tied to two trees or high pofts, a number of men on horfeback riding full fpeed attempt to pull off the head, which if they effect,... | |
 | Francis Grose - 1811 - 244 pagina’s
...have a goose at hi=< fire. He cannot say boh to a goose ; a saying of a bashful or sheepish fellow. GOOSE RIDING. A goose, whose neck is greased, being...Derbyshire within the memory of persons now living. GOOSEBERRY. He played up old gooseberry among them ; said of a person who, by force or threats, suddenly... | |
 | John Brand - 1841 - 356 pagina’s
...Gl. Grose." Etym. Dict. r. SHINTY. GOOSE RIDING. A GOOSE, whose neck is greased, heing suspended hy the legs to a cord tied to two trees or high posts, a numher of men on horsehack riding full-speed attempt to pull off the head, •which if they accomplish... | |
 | Brand - 1849 - 544 pagina’s
...is much practised in the north of England; and Dr. Jamieson, that it is a common game in Scotland. 1 GOOSE RIDING. A GOOSE, whose neck is greased, being...speed attempt to pull off the head, which, if they accomplish, they win the goose. This has been practised in Derbyshire within the memory of persons... | |
 | 1850 - 600 pagina’s
...Sedistern.of which, * In Grose's Dictionary, we have the word QOOSEii ' l .] M ; thus explained : — " A goose whose neck is greased, being suspended by...attempt to pull off the head, which, if they effect, the googe is their prize. This has been practiced in Derbyshire within the memory of persons now living... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1850 - 604 pagina’s
...Sedistern.of which, * In Grose's Dictionary, we have the word GOOSKвшгао thus explained : — " A goose whose neck is greased, being suspended by the legs to a cord tied to two trees, or high poste, a number of men on horseback, riding full speed, attempt to pull off the head, which, if they... | |
 | John Brand - 1875 - 556 pagina’s
...practised in the north of England ; and Dr. Jamieson, that it is a common game in Scotland.1 GOOSE BIDING. A GOOSE, whose neck is greased, being suspended by...speed attempt to pull off the head, which, if they accomplish, they win the goose. This has been practised in Derbyshire within the memory of persons... | |
 | 1882 - 172 pagina’s
...Glimstick, a candlestick. Glybe, or Gybt, a writing or pass. Goose Hiding : a goose, whose neck has been greased, being suspended by the legs to a cord tied...Derbyshire within the memory of persons now living. Gorger, a swell, a bumptious fellow. Gounof, a foolish fellow, a bungler, an unsuccessful pickpocket.... | |
 | John Brand, Henry Ellis, William Carew Hazlitt - 1905 - 366 pagina’s
...Edward VI. 's reign, called the Upchering of the Mass, it is referred to as the " Winchester gosling." Goose Riding:. — A goose, whose neck is greased,...or high posts, a number of men on horseback riding at full-speed attempt to pull off the head, which if they accomplish they win the goose. This has been... | |
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