| 单词 | flitch |
| 例句 | Americans who fly the 777 say that on their airplanes, in flitch mode, the auto throttle does not work. Safety Board Reconstructing Crew Actions Shortly Before Crash 2013-07-11T21:13:23Z Moreover on Christmas Day she had to ask at the abbess’ kitchen for “livery bacon” for the convent, four messes for each lady; a flitch was reckoned to provide ten messes. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z There were now fifteen men in all, and their provisions were reduced to limited rations of bread, one barrel of Dutch cheese, one flitch of bacon, and some small runlets of wine, oil, and vinegar. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 2012-04-03T02:00:31.900Z "Easy! easy, Tom Miller!" the host interposed, affecting an air of assurance, even while he cast an eye of trouble at his flitches. The Story of Francis Cludde 2012-03-30T02:00:16.347Z A brooding odour of disease filled the gaunt, wide-raftered room, infected the shadowy hanging flitches, and grew stronger and more sickly towards the staircase at the farther end. Sophia A Romance 2012-03-18T02:00:22.773Z There's the knife, and there's the flitch, and let's have none of your airs, or--you'll have the knife across your knuckles. Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z It may be true that it was the custom of the Prussians of old time to offer a flitch of bacon to the thunder-god whenever a thunderstorm came. Through East Anglia in a Motor Car 2012-02-22T03:00:21.787Z We fairly won the bequeathed flitch of bacon to a year's happy marriage.* The Battle of The Press As Told in the Story of the Life of Richard Carlile By His Daughter, Theophila Carlile Campbell 2011-12-24T03:08:06.653Z At one time, indeed, all sorts of curious packages passed free under the franking privilege, such as dogs, a cow, parcels of lace, bales of stockings, boxes of medicine, flitches of bacon, &c. The Romance of Industry and Invention 2011-12-19T03:00:43.870Z Hard is the lesson I am set to learn in school, because of a flitch of bacon. Aucassin & Nicolette And Other Mediaeval Romances and Legends 2011-11-24T03:00:40.487Z Down in the village, men awoke, The chimneys breathed with a faint blue smoke, The fox slept on, though tweaks and twitches, Due to his dreams, ran down his flitches. Reynard the Fox 2011-11-20T03:00:13.153Z From the rafters hang flitches of bacon, hams, bunches of onions, herbs, etc. Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-11-12T03:00:36.860Z Carlile and Isis, or rather Mr. and Mrs. Carlile, were unanimously voted to be the happiest married pair in the village, and entitled to the flitch of bacon. The Battle of The Press As Told in the Story of the Life of Richard Carlile By His Daughter, Theophila Carlile Campbell 2011-12-24T03:08:06.653Z In these open chimneys, hams, legs of beef, flitches of bacon, and whole carcases of mutton were hung to dry for winter consumption. Bygone Cumberland and Westmorland 2011-11-01T02:00:23.027Z So he was allowed to go into the store-house himself, and there he hoisted a flitch of bacon on each shoulder, slid a batch of bread under each arm, and took leave. The Swedish Fairy Book 2011-08-26T02:00:23.380Z They were a model couple, and if they had gone to Dunmow for the flitch of bacon, they would have won it. Crying for the Light, Vol. 2 [of 3] or Fifty Years Ago 2011-07-23T02:00:11.327Z But, alas, the cottage door was barred, and there was no trace of the black-bearded sinner, save a flitch of bacon and the beer barrel which stood in the most inaccessible of pantries. Humorous Readings and Recitations In prose and verse 2011-07-20T02:00:16.323Z Yes; I remember we fed on the flitch for a week. Inkle and Yarico An opera, in three acts 2011-07-06T02:00:44.873Z In many words is a superfluous t, as in hitch, ditch, pitch, witch, switch, stitch, flitch, stretch, sketch, etch, fetch, wretch, notch, botch, hotch, potch, watch, latch, match, batch, catch, hatch, patch, hutch. Guide to the Kindergarten and Intermediate Class and Moral Culture of Infancy. 2011-06-30T02:00:25.950Z Hams and flitches of bacon were smoked in the wide chimney. The Soul of Susan Yellam 2011-06-16T02:00:19.090Z "Well now, bailiff, tell me; when you kill seven pigs, how many flitches of bacon do you get?" In the Year '13 A Tale of Mecklenburg Life 2011-04-14T02:00:53.733Z Baucis put these to boil in the kettle and Philemon cut a piece from their last flitch of bacon and put it in to flavor the herbs. Wonder Stories The Best Myths for Boys and Girls 2011-03-31T02:00:19.150Z We next went to several unfurnished rooms, fronting the yard, in one of which were hanging several flitches of bacon, beneath which he stopped, and, looking up, gazed intently upon them. The Bible in Spain Vol. 1 [of 2] 2011-03-23T02:00:19.910Z Hence the phrase "He may fetch a flitch of bacon from Dunmow," i.e., How to be Happy Though Married Being a Handbook to Marriage 2011-03-11T03:00:13.410Z Beyond the capacity of the casks taken out for the reception of the cargo, a large quantity of blubber “in bulk,” or in massive flitches, had been stowed on the top. Memorials of the Sea My Father: Being Records of the Adventurous Life of the Late William Scoresby, Esq. of Whitby 2011-02-07T03:00:26.033Z My client gave me twenty crowns, a quantity of butter and a flitch of bacon. Bartholomew Sastrow Being the Memoirs of a German Burgomaster The high black ceiling is ornamented with hams and flitches of bacon. Last Words From the smoke-blackened oak beams hung hams and flitches of bacon more than one would take the trouble to count. Seven Frozen Sailors There were only eight claimants admitted to eat the flitch between the years 1244-1772, a number that seems to justify Prior's sarcastic couplet: "Ah, madam, cease to be mistaken, Few married fowl peck Dunmow bacon." How to be Happy Though Married Being a Handbook to Marriage 2011-03-11T03:00:13.410Z A couple of flitches of bacon are worth fifty thousand Methodist sermons and religious tracts. Cottage Economy To Which Is Added The Poor Man's Friend When our supper of flitch and molasses was over one evening, therefore, I asked him how he meant to use his papers. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 95, September 1865 At first she praised her native village: "it lies upon the hills, and the fields have a soil like flitches of bacon." Black Forest Village Stories The others counted my mother’s hams and flitches of bacon, and the strings of onions throwing flickering shadows in the lamplight. Seven Frozen Sailors The flitches before smoking are rubbed with bran or very fine sawdust and after smoking are often kept in clear, dry wood ashes or very dry sand.” Home Pork Making The second tightens the skin in every part, contracts all the sinews and veins in the skin, makes the flitch a solider thing, and the skin a better protection to the meat. Cottage Economy To Which Is Added The Poor Man's Friend This keeledar was a most unseemly-looking man; a great fat buffalo of a fellow, with enormous flitches of fat hanging over his hips. Memoirs of the Extraordinary Military Career of John Shipp Late a Lieut. in His Majesty's 87th Regiment Yes, yes—and the bacon,” said he, elevating his left hand, “six flitches I think there were; they used to be in this very room—” “Ay, sure did ur,” said Mr. Bumpkin. p. The Humourous Story of Farmer Bumpkin's Lawsuit I also cut about three or four pounds off a flitch of bacon that hung in the chimney corner, nicely marked to prevent any being lost on account of my late allowanced state. The Autobiography of Sergeant William Lawrence A Hero of the Peninsular and Waterloo Campaigns The flitches should also be transposed, the bottom ones at the top and the top ones at the bottom. Home Pork Making All the other parts taken away, the two sides that remain, and that are called flitches, are to be cured for bacon. Cottage Economy To Which Is Added The Poor Man's Friend Well rub the meat with saltpetre; then take one part of bay and two parts of common salt, and rub every piece well, covering it with salt, as you would a flitch of bacon. The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory; In Which will Be Found a Large Collection of Original Receipts. 3rd ed. The way to cure Wiltshire bacon is to sprinkle the flitch with salt, and let the blood drain off for twenty-four hours. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families We have occasionally sent a cask or two of pork, some flitches or hams, to market; but as a rule we consume our pigs on the farm. Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) or Settler and Maori in Northern New Zealand Get the boneless, in 5 to 8 pound flitches. Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts As to the time required for making the flitches sufficiently salt, it depends on circumstances; the thickness of the flitch, the state of the weather, the place wherein the salting is going on. Cottage Economy To Which Is Added The Poor Man's Friend "Offer the ducks like the Dunmow flitch of bacon to the most happily married couple in Florence." The Belovéd Vagabond When two flitches are to be cured, divide the hog, cut off the hams, and take out the chine. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families But occasionally we sell a barrel of pork, or some flitches and hams, to such local buyers as the bushmen employed at the saw-mills. Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) or Settler and Maori in Northern New Zealand A little mould on the outside of a flitch does no harm, but reject bacon that is soft and watery, or with yellow fat, or with brownish or black spots in the lean. Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts It takes a longer time for a thick than for a thin flitch; it takes longer in dry, than in damp weather; it takes longer in a dry than in a damp place. Cottage Economy To Which Is Added The Poor Man's Friend It appears to be a bill of fare for the entertainment of a party, upon the "flitch of bacon" being decreed to a happy couple. Notes and Queries, Number 195, July 23, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc For two tolerable flitches, dry a stone of salt over the fire, till it is scalding hot. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families Besides what the chest contained there had been some loose flitches of the dried fish lying about upon the raft. The Ocean Waifs A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea A few luxuries were mentioned such as a flitch of bacon, cheese and oil. Domestic Life in Virginia in the Seventeenth Century Two precautions are necessary: first, to hang the flitches where no rain comes down upon them: second, not to let them be so near the fire as to melt. Cottage Economy To Which Is Added The Poor Man's Friend They climbed up through cobwebs, ham, flitches of smoked beef, and darkness, and the reek of wood-smoke, until they came, high up, to a store-room in the slope of a mansard roof. Privy Seal His Last Venture Still, boxes of biscuits would be their portion, while, getting in early, he would be able to secure easy freight, flitches of bacon or the like. The Tale of a Trooper In the hurry and excitement of the moment, it was not likely the lad should give a thought to the flitches of fish. The Ocean Waifs A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea "Only when the job's done we have hams and flitches and things for supper." The Manxman A Novel - 1895 As to the time that it requires to smoke a flitch, it must depend a good deal upon whether there be a constant fire beneath, and whether the fire be large or small. Cottage Economy To Which Is Added The Poor Man's Friend Hey!" cried his mate; "what matter which, Provided we could get a flitch? A Hundred Fables of La Fontaine Then it is seen that they are human beings after all—Fuegian savages, each having the head thrust through a flitch of whale-blubber that falls, poncho-fashion, over the shoulders, draping down nearly to the knees! The Land of Fire A Tale of Adventure Where the flitch we hope to find, Not even a hook is left behind. Wit and Wisdom of Don Quixote The chief part of the fat lies along the back, and on either side, as in the flitch of the hog. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America The flitch ought not be dried up to the hardness of a board, and yet it ought to be perfectly dry. Cottage Economy To Which Is Added The Poor Man's Friend Here comes Old Nosey, with a flitch of bacon and a loaf. Rookwood Degged with dew, dappled with dew Are the groins of the braes that the brook treads through, Wiry heathpacks, flitches of fern, And the beadbonny ash that sits over the burn. Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins Now First Published Most of the men carried guns, and some had even loaded themselves with provisions—a flitch of bacon or a bag of potatoes—against a possible siege. Two Sides of the Face Midwinter Tales You might have married a strong farmer would have a dozen cows, horses would pull a cart or plow, hens by the dozen, and flitches of bacon hanging in the kitchen. The Wind Bloweth Lay in one flitch; then put in more ashes; then the other flitch; and then cover this with six or eight inches of the ashes. Cottage Economy To Which Is Added The Poor Man's Friend “He’s tightening up like a drum,” observed Jeffson, handing him a greasy wedge off a raw flitch of bacon. Digging for Gold Adventures in California You have twenty or more flitches of bacon hanging there. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection Two married couples have just been examined at Dunmow, and awarded the 'historic' flitch for conjugal happiness. Two Sides of the Face Midwinter Tales The larder, to his knowledge, contained but the rusty end of a flitch of green bacon—that, and perhaps a couple of rusty eggs, a loaf, and some salt butter. Major Vigoureux I have never made any flitch of sheep-bacon; but I will; for there is nothing like having a store of meat in a house. Cottage Economy To Which Is Added The Poor Man's Friend Hams, tongues, and flitches of bacon, were suspended from the ceiling; a smoke-jack made its ceaseless clanking beside the fireplace, and a clock ticked in one corner. Old Christmas From the Sketch Book of Washington Irving If this show is good, as he says she is, he ought to make enough to buy something to eat besides flitch, corn meal and potatoes. Watch Yourself Go By Thus while their spouses alternately rage with suspicion and invent devices to conceal their own defaults, A and Mrs. B sit innocently nursing their illusions and their symbolical flitches. Two Sides of the Face Midwinter Tales Two flitches tied together with a rope were on the floor, and inside was a man filling a bag with flour from a barrel. Old Man Savarin and Other Stories When the coast was clear we went to search for the man, and found he had vanished, taking half a flitch of bacon with him off the kitchen-rack. The Adventures of Harry Revel David was carrying home on his back a flitch of bacon. Welsh Folk-Lore a Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of North Wales Alfred appreciated this and regretted he had ever mentioned the flitch in his letters to the folks at home. Watch Yourself Go By But overhead, firmly fixed in the beams of the ceiling, hung many a goodly flitch of bacon, many a plump, well-fed ham. Disturbed Ireland Being the Letters Written During the Winter of 1880-81. Pork barrels, flour barrels, herring kegs, syrup kegs, sides of frozen beef, hams and flitches of bacon in the smoke-house, bags of beans, chests of tea,—he had a vision of them all! Old Man Savarin and Other Stories Do'e go and look at the flitches, sir, and the hams. The Danvers Jewels, and Sir Charles Danvers In the houses fresh flitches of bacon hung by the fireside, while festoons of dried apples decorated the beams overhead. The Von Toodleburgs Or, The History of a Very Distinguished Family The flitch gave out last night, and we had nothin' but corn pone, buttermilk and potatoes. Watch Yourself Go By Great cheeses came next, beef-casks, flitches of bacon, kegs of butter, sacks of peas and biscuit, until the quay was piled deep with provisions. Historical Tales, Vol. 4 (of 15) The Romance of Reality He reached the smoke-house; there was no one in it; there was a gap, though, where two long flitches of bacon had been! Old Man Savarin and Other Stories Joseph has took in another flitch this very day, sir, as Mrs. Smith sent for, and the old flitch all cut to waste. The Danvers Jewels, and Sir Charles Danvers I might fill a page with accounts of Turks' tents, beehives, judges' wigs, harps, handkerchiefs, and flitches of bacon, but I rather choose to speak of these subterranean palaces with none of such vulgar similarities. My Life as an Author The smoke went up from an Etna of peat in front of him, played round the notches of the chimney-crook, struck against the saltbox, and got lost among the flitches. The Return of the Native Looking up, she caught sight of her master's great sallow chaps hanging like a flitch of bacon over the garret banister. Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour The hall was furnished with flitches of bacon, and the mantelpiece with guns and fishing-rods of different dimensions, accompanied by the broadsword, partisan, and dagger borne by his ancestor in the Civil Wars. A Short History of English Agriculture Hundreds have praised the rasher of ham, and thousands the flitch of bacon; it took the stroke of but one pen to make roast pig classical. The Fat of the Land The Story of an American Farm The groceries exposed in their windows damaged specimens of bankrupt stocks, discolored tinned goods, grey sugars, mouldy dried fruits; at their doors, flitches of fat bacon, cut and dusty. The Workingman's Paradise An Australian Labour Novel But I persave my mother has anticipated me, and boiled them both with that flitch of bacon that's playing the vagrant in the big pot there. Going to Maynooth Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three "Sir, never heed them; my mother, sir, has some of what you know—of the flitch I brought to Shoneen on last Aisther, sir." The Hedge School; The Midnight Mass; The Donagh Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three You must," said the priest, whose anger was now excited by his extraordinary assurance—"you must renounce their religion, you must renounce M'Slime and Lucre—their flitches, flannels, and friezes. Valentine M'Clutchy, The Irish Agent The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two Tut—nonsense, man; lots of poultry, I say—always a pig or two, and never without a ham or a flitch, you old dog. The Black Baronet; or, The Chronicles Of Ballytrain The Works of William Carleton, Volume One One of its benefactors left to it four flitches of bacon yearly, this being an important article of diet. Winchester Upon the dingy walls and rafters hung from pegs flitches of bacon, sausages, and nets of vegetables. A Friend of Caesar A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C. "Then I suppose you pay tribute to Mother Chattox, hostess?" cried Potts,—"butter, eggs, and milk from the farm, ale and wine from the cellar, with a flitch of bacon now and then, ey?" The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest On the huge rafters hung their usual store of dried hams, beef, mutton, and flitches of bacon. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 "Well, here is the flitch," said the rich brother, "and now go straight to Hell." Folk Tales Every Child Should Know "But you has lots of things when you gets there—hams and flitches and oranges and things—hasn't you?" said Martin. The Woman Thou Gavest Me Being the Story of Mary O'Neill It consisted of a flea, and a fly, a flitch of bacon, and a magpie, which we thought was a curious combination. From John O'Groats to Land's End She cleared the sconce and took down the flitches that hung from the rannel-tree to dry. The Shadow of a Crime A Cumbrian Romance Teresa," answered Sancho; "many a time when there are hooks, there are no flitches. The Children's Hour, v 5. Stories From Seven Old Favorites "What I have given my word to do, I must stick to," said the other; so he took the flitch and set off. Folk Tales Every Child Should Know The hall was furnished with flitches of bacon, and the mantelpiece with guns and fishing-rods of different dimensions, accompanied by the broadsword, partisan and dagger borne by his ancestors in the Civil Wars. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 23, February, 1873 Why not buy the tin can from this tinker and sell it at a profit across his counter, even as he would sell the flitches of bacon that were wrapped in sacking upon his cart? Waysiders Monsey in the corner looked aghast, and crept closer under the flitch of bacon that hung above him. The Shadow of a Crime A Cumbrian Romance The good housewife is busily occupied in salting the flitches and hams to hang up in the "pantry," and in cutting the fattest parts of the pig for collops on this day. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 358, February 28, 1829 "Good even," said the man with the flitch. Folk Tales Every Child Should Know Escobar then presented him with a cask of wine and two flitches of bacon, and sailed away again that same night without waiting for any letters. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 03 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time Several large long slices had been cut off in jagged slashes from the flitches. Waysiders Between you and me, ma'am, we have thoughts of applying for Dunmow flitch. True Tilda My mother shook her head, and looked up at the flitches of bacon that hung from the ceiling. The Great Shadow and Other Napoleonic Tales For the coronation-feast there were provided, among other eatables, four hundred oxen, four hundred sheep, four hundred and fifty pigs, eighteen wild boars, three hundred flitches of bacon, and twenty thousand fowls. A Child's History of England He looked at the small remains of a flitch, and then looked undecidedly at Pigling. A Collection of Beatrix Potter Stories Bacon and eggs would content me, but I wanted the better part of a flitch of bacon and half a hundred eggs. The Thirty-Nine Steps From this self-contained place rose in stealthy silence tall stems of smoke, which the eye of imagination could trace downward to their root on quiet hearth-stones festooned overhead with hams and flitches. The Woodlanders The smoke went up from an Etna of peat in front of him, played round the notches of the chimney-crook, struck against the salt-box, and got lost among the flitches. The Return of the Native Nor let the supposition of matrimonial differences frighten you: honey-moon lasts not now-a-days above a fortnight; and Dunmow flitch, as I have been informed, was never claimed; though some say once it was. Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 1 The following passage from 'Why the Sea is Salt', No. ii, will sufficiently prove this: 'Well, here is the flitch', said the rich brother, 'and now go straight to Hell.' Popular Tales from the Norse I found myself looking into a largish room, roofed with rough rafters from which hung what might have been hams, flitches and cheeses. Andivius Hedulio Adventures of a Roman Nobleman in the Days of the Empire The invaders returned, cramming their mouths with bread, and chopping asunder flitches of bacon. Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography They found brooches and ornaments of gold and silver, they found white quilts and embroidered garments hanging up, flitches of bacon were suspended, a whole ox was roasting, and vessels stood filled with intoxicating drinks. Tales of the Enchanted Islands of the Atlantic She reached down the flitch to cut some bacon off, and her dress, already torn, ripped from shoulder to waist. Gone to Earth The invaders entered the house, and returned, cramming their mouths with bread, and chopping asunder flitches of bacon. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 05 — Fiction From the pegs hung hams, flitches, strings of smoked sausage, cheeses of all sizes, smoked so heavily that they appeared mere lumps of soot, and bags of a shape unfamiliar to both of us. Andivius Hedulio Adventures of a Roman Nobleman in the Days of the Empire Hams being thicker than flitches, will require, when less than 20 lbs. weight, 3 weeks; and when above that weight, 4 weeks to remain under the above-described process. The Book of Household Management Mr. Fillet armed himself with the poker, which happened to be red hot; the ostler pulled down a rusty firelock, that hung by the roof, over a flitch of bacon. The Adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves He had been in their houses and noticed as much as two flitches of bacon hanging in the chimney. The Letters of "Norah" on Her Tour Through Ireland Two lines telling how Philemon "Took down a flitch of bacon with a prung, That long had in the smoky chimney hung," show that his environment aided him somewhat in the translation. History of American Literature Two forked sticks stood in one corner of the cabin and with one he lifted from its peg in the rafters a partly used flitch of good coarse bacon. Andivius Hedulio Adventures of a Roman Nobleman in the Days of the Empire This process is repeated for four days; they are then left for three weeks, merely turning the flitches every other day. The Book of Household Management Soon after we were at supper in the kitchen, with its low, dark, raftered ceiling from which substantial hams and flitches of bacon were hanging. The Story Girl It was a touching thing to see the earnestness with which this man spoke of these great evidences of prosperity—horses to work the farm, two flitches of bacon and planting apple trees. The Letters of "Norah" on Her Tour Through Ireland "Yes, I don't care to look like a ham or a flitch of bacon," murmured Grace. The Girl Scout Pioneers or Winning the First B. C. Half-a-dozen boxes of currants showed a respectable growth of mould; a like fate had come upon some flitches of bacon; and not a bag of flour but had developed a species of minute maggot. Australia Felix The flitch ought not to be dried up to the hardness of a board, and yet it ought to be perfectly dry. The Book of Household Management There you will find a flitch of bacon. Joseph II. and His Court The flitches were cut up and apportioned in like manner. Sybil, or the Two Nations Enormous flitches hung from the posts, and the shelves were loaded with pieces of bacon tempting the eye with a streak of lean in a wilderness of fat. Jonah And where those villains ripped me in the flitch With their old iron in my early time, I'm apt at change of wind to feel a twitch, Or at a change of clime. Poems of the Past and the Present As for the time required in making your flitches sufficiently salt, it depends on circumstances. The Book of Household Management Every flitch, every eye-piece, and every chine is buried under the walling; and I fed them pigs with my own hands, Master Swithin, little thinking they would come to this end. Two on a Tower Then there is the garden, which the farmers themselves call their "second flitch." Treatises on Friendship and Old Age Then came great cheeses, casks of beef, flitches of bacon, kegs of butter, sacks of Pease and biscuit, ankers of brandy. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3 I could fry some bacon," pursued Deborah, "only I don't know whether to cut the new flitch so soon; and there be some cabbages in the garden. The Pigeon Pie At Dunmow prevailed the custom of giving, amid much merry making, a flitch of bacon to the married pair who had lived together for a year without quarrel or regret. The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems Will you buy any bacon flitches, The fattest that ever were spent? Cavalier Songs and Ballads of England from 1642 to 1684 |
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