Cheshire, its traditions and history, including a record of the rise and progress of freemasonry in this ancient province (1920)
Ingham, Alfred · Edinburgh : Printed by Pillans & Wilson · leaf 134
GoodQueen Bess and her attendant courtiers. There was more actual cruelty in connection with cock-fighting thanbull-baiting. The game cocks troubles commenced when it was a full blown CHESHIRE : ITS TRADITIONS AND HISTORY 115 cockerel, and it was dubbed. Its comb was then nearly grown, and thiswas… … Game Cocks—Clipped, Dubbed, and Spurred, ready for Battle. pit attained the dignity of a fine art in those days. With a pair of scissorsthe tail feathers were cut off, as also those by the head and shoulders andneck. This was so much less for the enemys beak. The cocks wings werethen extended, and…
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