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Griselda (anglicised to Grizzel,
Grissel,
Grissela and
similar forms) is a
figure in
European folklore noted for her
patience and obedience. In the most...
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Grissel Jaffray (? in
Aberdeen – 1669 in Dundee) was a
Scottish woman burned at the
stake having been
accused of witchcraft.
Jaffray was one of an estimated...
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Patient Grissel is a play by
Thomas Dekker,
Henry Chettle, and
William Haughton,
first printed in 1603. It is
mentioned in Henslowe's
diary in the entry...
- Lady
Grizel Baillie, née Hume, (25
December 1665 – 6
December 1746) was a
Scottish gentlewoman and songwriter. Her
accounting ledgers, in
which she kept...
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Legends featuring pig-faced
women originated roughly simultaneously in The Netherlands,
England and
France in the late 1630s. The
stories tell of a wealthy...
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Pranks of
Robin Goodfellow',
Gammer Gurton's
Pleasant Stories of
Patient Grissel, The
Princess Rosetta, &
Robin Goodfellow, and
Ballads of the Beggar's...
- expression. It was also used in 1603 by
Thomas Dekker in his play
Patient Grissel: FAR:
Asking for a Gr**** poet, to him he fails. I'll be
sworn he knows...
- (aka Gormla)
Isobel Gowdie Helen Guthrie Gwen
ferch Ellis Janet Horne Grissel Jaffray Mary
Hicks Marie Lamont Beatrix Leslie Euphame MacCalzean Elspeth...
- "Golden Slumbers" is
based on the poem "Cradle Song" from the play
Patient Grissel, a
lullaby by the
dramatist Thomas Dekker.
McCartney saw
sheet music for...
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Sylvester constructed a
house on the
island for his 17-year-old bride,
Grissel (also
spelled Grizzel)
Brinley from London. Her
mother was Anna (Wase)...
