Smoke Farthings
.An offering given to the priest at Whitsuntide, according to the number of chimneys in his parish.
An offering given to the priest at Whitsuntide, according to the number of chimneys in his parish.
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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.