Chapter Hobinol to Hogmanay', Hogmena' of H by Brewer's Phrase & Fable

spend the whole shilling. (See Hog.)
   You have brought your hogs to a fine market. You have made a pretty kettle of fish.

"You have brought your hogs to a fine market." -
Howell (1659).

Hogs-Norton A village in Oxfordshire, now called Hook Norton. I think you were born at Hogs-Norton. A reproof to an ill-mannered person.

"I think thou wast born at Hoggs-Norton, where piggs play upon the organs." - Howell: English Proverbs, p. 16.

Hog in Armour A person of awkward manners dressed so fine that he cannot move easily. A corruption of "Hodge in armour."

Hogg (See under the word Brewer .)

Hogarth (William), called the "Juvenal of Painters" (1695-1764). The Scottish Hogarth, David Allan (1744-1796).

Hogen Mogen Holland or the Netherlands; so called from Hooge en Mogendé (high and mighty), the Dutch style of addressing the States-General.

"But I have sent him for a token
To your Low-country Hogen-Mogen."
Butler: Hudibras.

Hogmanay', Hogmena' or Hagmen'a. Holy month.
   New Year's Eve is called hogmanay'-night or hogg-night, and it is still the custom in parts of Scotland for persons to go from door to door on that night asking in rude rhymes for cakes or money. (See Hog.)
   In Galloway the chief features are "taking the cream off the water," wonderful luck being attached to a draught thereof; and "the first foot," or giving something to drink to the first person who enters the house. A grand bonfire and a procession, in which all persons are masked and in bizarre costume.
   King Haco, of Norway, fixed the feast of Yole on Christmas Day, the eve of which used to be called hogg-night, which in the old style is New Year's Eve.