CAUTIONS. The four cautions: I. Beware of a woman before.–II. Beware of a horse behind.–III. Beware of a cart side-ways.–IV. Beware of a priest every way.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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