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<p id="byline">By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-07-20. Revised by {{#realname:{{REVISIONUSER}}}}, {{REVISIONYEAR}}-{{REVISIONMONTH}}-{{REVISIONDAY2}}.</p> | <p id="byline">By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-07-20. Revised by {{#realname:{{REVISIONUSER}}}}, {{REVISIONYEAR}}-{{REVISIONMONTH}}-{{REVISIONDAY2}}.</p> | ||
== Allusion == | |||
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{{quote|6. ''A Pedler''<br/> | {{quote|6. ''A Pedler''<br/> | ||
[... p. 138: ...] A countrey-rush-bearing, or <keyword>morrice pastorall</keyword>, is his festivall: if ever hee aspire to plum-porridge, that is the day. Here the Guga-girles gingle it with his neat roifles: while hee sculkes under a booth and showes his wit never till then, in admiring their follies. He ha's an obscene veine of ballatry, which makes the wenches of the greene laugh; and this purchaseth him, upon better acquaintance, a posset or a silibub. [... p. 139: ...] His judgement consists principally in the choice of his ware, and place of their vent. Saint Martins rings, and counterfeit bracelets are commodities of infinite consequence: these will passe for currant at a <keyword>may-pole</keyword>, and purchase a favor from ther <keyword>May-Marian</keyword>.<ref>{{:Braithwaite, Richard 1859a}}, pp. 137-39.</ref>}}</onlyinclude> | [... p. 138: ...] A countrey-rush-bearing, or <keyword>morrice pastorall</keyword>, is his festivall: if ever hee aspire to plum-porridge, that is the day. Here the Guga-girles gingle it with his neat roifles: while hee sculkes under a booth and showes his wit never till then, in admiring their follies. He ha's an obscene veine of ballatry, which makes the wenches of the greene laugh; and this purchaseth him, upon better acquaintance, a posset or a silibub. [... p. 139: ...] His judgement consists principally in the choice of his ware, and place of their vent. Saint Martins rings, and counterfeit bracelets are commodities of infinite consequence: these will passe for currant at a <keyword>may-pole</keyword>, and purchase a favor from ther <keyword>May-Marian</keyword>.<ref>{{:Braithwaite, Richard 1859a}}, pp. 137-39.</ref>}}</onlyinclude> | ||
== IRHB comments == | |||
''Whimzies'' is a series of satirical portraits of representatives of various trades of the kind at which Braithwaite was so adept. ''Guga'' = ''gewgaw'' (cf. OED2, snn. "guga", "gewgaw"). "St Martin's ring" was a colloquial term for a "copper-gilt ring" in the 17th and early 18th cent., cf. {{:Partridge, Eric Honeywood 1937a}}, sn "St Martin's ring". | ''Whimzies'' is a series of satirical portraits of representatives of various trades of the kind at which Braithwaite was so adept. ''Guga'' = ''gewgaw'' (cf. OED2, snn. "guga", "gewgaw"). "St Martin's ring" was a colloquial term for a "copper-gilt ring" in the 17th and early 18th cent., cf. {{:Partridge, Eric Honeywood 1937a}}, sn "St Martin's ring". | ||
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* Not in: {{:Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a}}. | * Not in: {{:Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a}}. | ||
* Outside scope of: {{:Sussex, Lucy 1994a}}. | * Outside scope of: {{:Sussex, Lucy 1994a}}. | ||
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== Citations == | == Citations == | ||
{{:Braithwaite, Richard 1876a}}, vol. I, pp. 99-101, cites most of the portrait of the "Pedler", including the reference to Maid Marian. | {{:Braithwaite, Richard 1876a}}, vol. I, pp. 99-101, cites most of the portrait of the "Pedler", including the reference to Maid Marian. | ||
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Latest revision as of 18:40, 7 January 2021
| Allusion | |
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| Date | 1631 |
| Author | Braithwaite, Richard |
| Title | Whimzies |
| Mentions | Morris; Maypole; May Marian [Maid Marian?] |
By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-07-20. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2021-01-07.
Allusion
6. A Pedler
[... p. 138: ...] A countrey-rush-bearing, or morrice pastorall, is his festivall: if ever hee aspire to plum-porridge, that is the day. Here the Guga-girles gingle it with his neat roifles: while hee sculkes under a booth and showes his wit never till then, in admiring their follies. He ha's an obscene veine of ballatry, which makes the wenches of the greene laugh; and this purchaseth him, upon better acquaintance, a posset or a silibub. [... p. 139: ...] His judgement consists principally in the choice of his ware, and place of their vent. Saint Martins rings, and counterfeit bracelets are commodities of infinite consequence: these will passe for currant at a may-pole, and purchase a favor from ther May-Marian.[1]
IRHB comments
Whimzies is a series of satirical portraits of representatives of various trades of the kind at which Braithwaite was so adept. Guga = gewgaw (cf. OED2, snn. "guga", "gewgaw"). "St Martin's ring" was a colloquial term for a "copper-gilt ring" in the 17th and early 18th cent., cf. Partridge, Eric, compil. A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English (London, 1937), sn "St Martin's ring".
Lists
- Not in: Dobson, R. B., ed.; Taylor, J., ed. Rymes of Robyn Hood: an Introduction to the English Outlaw (London, 1976).
- Outside scope of: Sussex, Lucy, compil. 'References to Robin Hood up to 1600', in: Knight, Stephen. Robin Hood: A Complete Study of the English Outlaw (Oxford, UK; Cambridge, Massachusetts: Blackwell, 1994), pp. 262-88.
Citations
Braithwaite, Richard; Haslewood, John, ed.; Hazlitt, William Carew, revis. Barnabæ Itinerarium or Barnabee's Journal (London, 1876), vol. I, pp. 99-101, cites most of the portrait of the "Pedler", including the reference to Maid Marian.
Also see
- Allusions to festivals
- 1631 - Braithwaite, Richard - Whimzies (1)
- 1631 - Braithwaite, Richard - Whimzies (2).
Notes