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Hautville Coit

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at Stanton Drew, in the manor of Keynsham. The tradition is that this coit was thrown there by the champion giant, Sir John Hautville, from Mary’s Knolle Hill, about a mile off, the place of his abode. The stone on the top of the hill, once thirty tonsʹ weight, is said to have been the clearing of the giant’s spade.

⁂ The same is said of the Gogʹmagog of Cambridge.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Hatef [the deadly]
Hattemists
Hatteraick (Dirk)
Hatto
Hatton
Hatton Garden (London)
Haul over the Coals
Haussmannization
Hautboy (pron. Ho-boy)
Haute Claire
Hautville Coit
Have a Care!
Have a Mind for it (To)
Have at You
Have it Out (To)
Havelok
Haver-Cakes
Haveril
Havering (Essex)
Haversack
Havock