John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
209 Thomas Tusser 1515-1580 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 209 |
| AUTHOR: | Thomas Tusser (c. 1515–1580) |
| QUOTATION: | ’T is merry in hall Where beards wag all. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | August’s Abstract. |
| Note 1. Merry swithe it is in halle, When the beards waveth alle. Life of Alexander, 1312. This has been wrongly attributed to Adam Davie. There the line runs,— Swithe mury hit is in halle, When burdes waiven alle. [back] |