Lincolnshire, where the hogs shite soap, and cows shite fire.
The inhabitants, of the poorer sort, washing their clothes with hogs-dung, and burning dried cow-dung for want of a better fuel.
The inhabitants, of the poorer sort, washing their clothes with hogs-dung, and burning dried cow-dung for want of a better fuel.
Entry taken from Provincial Glossary, edited by Francis Grose.