Chapter Hell Gate to Henricans of H by Brewer's Phrase & Fable

Hen with one Chick As fussy as a hen with one chick. Over-anxious about small matters; over-particular and fussy. A hen with one chick is for ever clucking it, and never leaves it in independence a single moment.

Henchman. Henchboy The Anglo-Saxon hinc is a servant or page; or perhaps henges-man, a horse- man; henges or hengst, a horse.

"I do but beg a little changeling boy
To be my henchman."
Shakespeare: Midsummer Night's Dream. ii. 1.

Hengist and Horsa. German, hengst (a stallion), and Horsa is connected with our Anglo-Saxon word hors (horse). If the names of two brothers, probably they were given them from the devices borne on their arms.
   According to tradition, they landed in Pegwell Bay, Kent.

Henna The Persian ladies tinge the tips of their fingers with henna to make them a reddish-yellow.

"The leaf of the henna-plant resembles that of the myrtle. The blossom has a powerful fragrance: it grows like a feather about 18 inches long, forming a cluster of small yellow flowers." - Baker: Nile Tribes, Abyssinia, chap. i. p. 3.

Henneberg (Countess). One day a beggar woman asked alms of the Countess, who twitted the beggar for carrying twins. The woman, furious with passion, cursed the Countess with the assurance that she should become the mother of 365 children. The tradition is that the Countess had this number all at one parturition. All the boys were named John and all the girls Elizabeth. The story says they all died on the day of their birth, and were buried at Hague.

Henricans or Henricians. A religious sect; so called from Henricus, its founder, an Italian monk, who, in the twelfth century, undertook to reform the vices of the clergy. He rejected infant baptism, festivals, and ceremonies. Henricus was imprisoned by Pope Eugenius III. in 1148.