Note: See modernized editions by
Wright and Halliwell-Phillipps (1845)
XThomas Wright, and James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps.
Reliquiae Antiquae.
2 vols. London: Smith, 1845
, 1.208;
Hazlitt (1882)
XHazlitt, William Carew.
English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases, collected from the most
authentic sources alphabetically arranged and annotated.
London: Reeves and Turner, 1882
, 476;
Northall (1892)
XNorthall, G. F.
English Folk-rhymes: A Collection of Traditional Verses Relating to
Places and Persons, Customs, Superstitions, etc.
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., 1892
, 553; cf. also
2165,
2333,
2757