| E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898. |
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The babes of Strode are born with tails. | 1 |
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| “As Becket, that good saint, sublimely rode, |
| Thoughtless of insult, through the town of Strode, |
| What did the mob? Attacked his horse’s rump |
| And cut the tail, so flowing, to the stump. |
| What does the saint? Quoth he, ‘For this vile trick |
| The town of Strode shall heartily be sick.’ |
| And lo! by power divine, a curse prevails— |
| The babes of Strode are born with horse’s tails.” | |
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Peter Pindar: Epistle to the Pope |
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