Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 January 1911 — ORIGIN OF OLD SAYINGS. [ARTICLE]

ORIGIN OF OLD SAYINGS.

11 1 1 The Bridegroom. —ln primitive times the newly wedded man had to wait upon his bride and the- guests on his wedding day. He waa their groom. Sirloin of Beef. —King Charles L being greatly pleased with a roast loin of beef set before him, declared it "good enough to be knighted.” It has ever since been called Sir Loin. A Spinster.—Women were prohibited from marrying in olden times until they had spun a full set of bed furnishings on a spinning-wheel; hence, till, married, they were spinsters. Cabal. —This word was coined in Charles IPs reign and applied to his cabinet council. It waa made out of the Initials of their names, which were: Clifford, Arlington, Buckingham, Ashley. Lauderdale.