 | James Peller Malcolm - Clothing and dress - 1811 - 442 pages
...lemon in his mouth. " At Queen's Coll. Oxon. they still retain this custom, the bearer of it bringing it into the hall, singing to an old tune an old Latin rhyme, ' Apri caput defero,' &c. " The first dish that was brought up to table on Easter-day was a red herring... | |
 | James Peller Malcolm - Clothing and dress - 1811 - 454 pages
...lemon in his mouth. " At Queen's Coll. Oxon. they still retain this custom, the bearer of it bringing it into the hall, singing to an old tune an old Latin rhyme, ' Apri caput defero,' &c. " The first dish that was brought up to table on Easter-day was a red herring... | |
 | William Oxberry - 1821 - 378 pages
...lemon in his mouth. At Queen's College, Oxford, they still retain this custom, the bearer bringing it into the hall, singing to an old tune, an old Latin rhyme, ' Apri capvt defero? &c. The first dish that was brought up to table on Easter-day, was a red-herring,... | |
 | 1822 - 522 pages
...leinon in its mouth. At Queen's Coll. Oxon. they still retain this custom, the hearer of it bringing it into the hall, singing to an old tune an old Latin rhyme, Apri caput dcJcro, SjC. The first dish that was brought up to table on Easter-day was a red -herring... | |
 | Saturday night - 1824 - 968 pages
...that was brought to table was a boar's head with a lemon in his mouth. At Queen's College in Oxford they still retain this custom ; the bearer of it brings...singing to an old tune, an old Latin rhyme, Caput Apri Dtfero, &c. The first dish that was brought up to the table on Easter-day was a red herring riding... | |
 | 1824 - 486 pages
...that was brought to table was a boar's head with a lemon in his month. At Queen's College in Oxford they still retain this custom ; the bearer of it brings...singing to an old tune, an old Latin rhyme, Caput Apri Dtfen, &c. The first dish that was brought up to the table OB Easter-day was a red herring riding away... | |
 | William Oxberry - English literature - 1824 - 382 pages
...lemon in his mouth. At Queen's College, Oxford, they still retain this custom, the bearer bringing it into the hall, singing to an old tune, an old Latin rhyme, ' Apri caput defero,' &c. The first dish that was brought up to table on Easter-day was a redherring,... | |
 | John Arliss - 1825 - 382 pages
...lemon in his mouth. At Queen's College, Oxford, they still retain this custom, the bearer bringing it into the hall, singing to an old tune, an old Latin rbyme, 'Apricaput defero,' frc. The first dish that was brought u1p to a table on Easter-day, was a... | |
 | William Hone - Almanacs, English - 1827 - 452 pages
...was brought to the table was a boar's head with a lemon in his mouth. At Queen's College in Oxford they still retain this custom ; the bearer of it brings...an old Latin rhyme, " Caput apri defero," &c. The first dish that was brought up to the table on, Easter-day was a red herring riding away on horseback,... | |
 | William Hone - Days - 1827 - 892 pages
...was brought to the table was a boar's head with a lemon in his mouth. At Queen's College in Oxford they still retain this custom ; the bearer of it brings...an old Latin rhyme, " C'aput apri defero," &c. The first dish that was brought up to the table on Easter-day was a red herring riding away on horseback,... | |
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Caput apri defero," &c. The first dish that was brought up to the table on, Easter-day was a red herring riding away on horseback, ie a herring ordered by the cook something after the likeness of a man on horseback, set in a corn salad. 
