单词 | horse and hattock |
释义 | > as lemmashorse and hattock 1. Scottish. A little hat. Chiefly in horse and hattock: a cry said to be uttered by witches or fairies wishing to transport themselves (esp. magically) to another place; (later more generally) used to urge haste, esp. to riders mounting horses. Now rare.The phrase horse and hattock is first recorded in accounts of early witch trials, although its original literal meaning is likely to refer to putting on headgear and mounting a horse. It is used by Scott in quot. 1816, apparently quoting the Scots ballad ‘Jamie Telfer of the Fair Dodhead’, although the phrase does not appear in the version of the ballad recorded in his own Minstrelsy Sc. Border (1802) I. 85. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > hat > small hattock?1553 ?1553 (c1501) G. Douglas Palice of Honour (London) ii. l. 924 in Shorter Poems (1967) 62 And Quyntyne with ane huttok on his hede. 1662 in R. Pitcairn Criminal Trials Scotl. (1833) III. 604 I haid a little horse, and wold say, ‘Horse and Hattock, in the Divellis name!’ And than ve vold flie away, quhair ve vold. 1695 in J. Aubrey Misc. (1696) 122 He heard the noise of a Whirl-wind, and of Voices crying Horse and Hattock (this is the Word, which the Fairies are said to use when they remove from any place). 1816 W. Scott Black Dwarf in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. I. viii. 153 Now horse and hattock, speedilie; They that winna ride for Tellfer's kye, Let them never look in the face o' me. 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth vii, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. I. 179 Get your boots and your beasts—horse and hattock, I say. 1902 W. C. Smith Poet. Wks. 33/2 She on a broom, and I on a straw, ‘Horse and hattock’ o'er North Berwick Law We rode away in the mirk. 2010 M. Germanà Sc. Women's Gothic & Fantastic Writing iii. 95 Scottish witches, in particular, are fond of their ‘hattocks’ (‘little hats’), which they use to be transported. < as lemmas |
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