The history of signboards : from the earliest times to the present day (1866)
Larwood, Jacob, 1827-1918, Hotten, John Camden, 1832-1873 · London : J. C. Hotten · leaf 120
e. Lived twenty and a hundred years by drinking this good ale; It was her meat, it was her drink, and medicine besides. And if she stUl had drank this ale, she never would have died. At one time the Mother Eedcap, in Kentish Town, was kept by an old crone, from her amiable temper surnamed Mother… … HISTOBia AND COMMEMOBATIVE. 97 where alluded to under the name of Mother Huff, as in Bakers Comedy of Hampstead Heath, 1706, a. ii. s. 1. Arabella.—Well, this Hampsteads a chamung place, ^o dance all night atthe Wells, and be treated at Mother Huffs. Only a few more celebrities now remain to be…
Signs and signboards
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