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	Jemmy Hirst at AllExperts
		Hirst was apprenticed to a tanner, fell in love with his daughter and became engaged to her.
		Hirst hung the walls of his house with bits of old rope and iron and wrote doggerel verse.
		Jemmy proceeded to throw a goblet of water in his face because he was clearly "having hysterics".
	en.allexperts.com /e/j/je/jemmy_hirst.htm (622 words)

	Jemmy Hirst - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Hirst was apprenticed to a tanner, fell in love with his daughter and became engaged to her.
		Hirst hung the walls of his house with bits of old rope and iron and wrote doggerel verse.
		Jemmy proceeded to throw a goblet of water in his face because he was clearly "having hysterics".
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jemmy_Hirst (574 words)

	Jim Appleby: Past Times
		While at school, Jemmy, who was born to a farmer and his wife in 1738, had a tame jackdaw trained to take the mickey out of schoolmates, teachers and neighbours.
		These plans fell through and the young Hirst was apprenticed to a tanner, whose daughter he planned to marry.
		The obliging Jemmy pinched his nose and threw a goblet of water in his face - 'because the poor man were 'avin 'ysterics'.
	archive.thisisbradford.co.uk /2000/4/12/154458.html (980 words)

	Jemmy Hirst (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Hirst was apprenticed to a tanner, fell in love with his daughter and they became engaged.
		Reputedly Hirst's eccentricity begun when he rescued his betrothed from a flooding river but she died of smallpox.
		Hirst fame grew enough that King George III was intrigued and invited him to visit London.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/J/Jemmy-Hirst.htm (638 words)

	Jemmy Hirst at the Rose and Crown, Rawcliffe, North Humberside, DN14 8RN - pub details # beerintheevening.com
		Jemmy Hirst at the Rose and Crown, Rawcliffe, North Humberside, DN14 8RN - pub details # beerintheevening.com
		Man Walks into a Pub: A Sociable History of Beer - a favourite with the BITE team, this is a funny and fascinating look at the way pubs and beer have shaped our culture.
		Jemmy Hirst at the Rose and Crown, Rawcliffe - pub details
	www.beerintheevening.com /pubs/s/35/3531/Jemmy_Hirst_at_the_Rose_and_Crown/Rawcliffe (437 words)

	Yorkshire Tales - Page 2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		As well as his parish duties he kept an ale-house where he regaled his parishioners with airs on his fiddle, in addition to selling liquor as a means of augmenting a very meagre stipend.
		Jemmy Hirst of Rawcliffe, one of Yorkshire's most eccentric characters.
		Jemmy died in 1829, aged 91, and left £12 to be paid to a dozen old maids who were to follow his coffin.
	www.huddersfield1.co.uk /yorkstales/yorkstales2.htm (2428 words)

	Rawcliffe Nr Goole, Jemmy Hirst at the Rose and Crown:: OS grid SE6823 :: Geograph British Isles - photograph every ...
		SE6823 : Rawcliffe Nr Goole, Jemmy Hirst at the Rose and Crown
		Rawcliffe Nr Goole, Jemmy Hirst at the Rose and Crown
		King George III summoned Jemmy to London after hearing of him, and eventually he went, travelling down, of course, in his wickerwork carriage pulled by Jupiter, his bull.
	www.geograph.org.uk /photo/123012 (250 words)

	Jemmy Hirst (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		He was born in Rawcliffe in 1738, the son of a farmer and was originally intended for the church but he was expelled from boarding school in Pontefract for unruly behaviour and then became apprenticed to a tanner.
		When his father died, James (Jemmy as he was known) received about £800, with which he bought a house and premises, setting himself up as a dealer in corn, flax and potatoes.
		By judicious business, he was able to invest sums of money which enabled him to retire in his middle forties.
	www.goolelink.co.uk /webumake/business/simon_hicks/personal1.html (658 words)

	Smoky Mountain News \| Mountain Voices (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Jemmy Hirst of Rawcliffe was one of Yorkshire’s most eccentric characters during the early 18th century.
		When he died in 1829, aged 91, 12 pounds from his estate was set aside to pay a dozen old maids to follow his coffin to the burying ground.
		Not to be outdone, other parts of the world have produced their fair share of eccentrics.
	www.smokymountainnews.com /issues/08_04/08_11_04/mtn_voices.html (928 words)

	Antiquarian Books :: ILAB-LILA :: International League of Antiquarian Booksellers
		There are also a fair number of original poems; from these, and from her selections, emerges an admiration for the poetry of Felicia Hemans and Letitia Landon ("L. A fine copy of a rare title; the NUC lists one copy (NIC).
		[Hirst, James.] The life and adventures of that most eccentric character James Hirst, of Rawcliffe, Yorkshire.
		"Jemmy" Hirst died in 1828; his will required twelve old maids to run a footrace each year across the village green.
	www.ilab.org /db/books772_18.html (8599 words)

	Longtown Inquests 1835-39
		The inquest commenced at the Globe Inn, from whence the jury proceeded to view the body of the deceased, which was lying in the vestry room.
		Two persons who had accompanied the party to the river and were standing at the water’s edge, stated that they observed the candle sink gradually under the water, and then become extinguished, leaving all enveloped in perfect darkness; at the same time, the cries of distress sounded in their ears...
		The deceased was a warm-hearted man, and without doubt his death is owing to his intrepidity and anxiety to save the lives of his companions.
	mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk /longtown19/inquests1835-39.html (2914 words)

	jemmy - OneLook Dictionary Search
		Jemmy, Jemmy, Jemmy : Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898) [home, info]
		Phrases that include jemmy: jemmy button, jemmy hirst, jemmy shaw
		Words similar to jemmy: jemmies, jemmying, jimmy, more...
	www.onelook.com /?loc=pub&w=jemmy (196 words)

	Smoky Mountain News \| Mountain Voices (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Jemmy Hirst of Rawcliffe was one of Yorkshire’s most eccentric characters during the early 18th century.
		When he died in 1829, aged 91, 12 pounds from his estate was set aside to pay a dozen old maids to follow his coffin to the burying ground.
		Not to be outdone, other parts of the world have produced their fair share of eccentrics.
	smokymountainnews.com /issues/08_04/08_11_04/mtn_voices.html (928 words)

	Latest News and Features: Famous Doncastrian: Jemmy Hirst, on Donny Online
		The obliging Jemmy pinched his nose and threw a goblet of water in his face - 'because the poor man
		It is also rumoured than Jemmy built his own coffin with windows and shelves!
		There is a pub in Goole named after Jemmy Hirst.
	www.donny.co.uk /Doncaster/news/index.php3?ID=372 (683 words)

	Doncaster & District CAMRA - Pub of the Season
		There is set to be one more change of name for the pub to add to those over recent years.
		Simon and Jane intend to rename the pub the "Jemmy Hirst at the Rose and Crown" after Jemmy Hirst of Rawcliffe, one of Yorkshire's most eccentric characters, who died in 1829 at the age of 91.
		This odd fellow rode to hounds on a bull and also constructed a vehicle equipped with sails plus a carriage of wicker-work which housed his bed and was drawn by Andalusian mules on a journey to visit the king, drawing huge crowds en route.
	www.members.aol.com /donnycamra/pos/pos2003_1.html (441 words)

	Hirst, James, [Hirst, James.] The life and adventures of that most eccentric character James Hirst, of Rawcliffe, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Hirst, James, [Hirst, James.] The life and adventures of that most eccentric character James Hirst, of Rawcliffe, Yorkshire.
		An account of a Yorkshire eccentric, who trained pigs for use as setters in fox-hunting, hung the walls of his house with bits of old rope and iron, and wrote, printed, and sold doggerel verse.
		A nice copy of a scarce and unusual Yorkshire imprint; the NUC lists two copies (MH, CLU), each with a slightly different, but similar, imprint.
	www.polybiblio.com /ximenes/B3495.html (256 words)

	Profile Books :: Evolution’s Captain :: Peter Nichols (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		He was a sailor in the heroic mould, but his plan to take four ‘savages’ hostage when one of the Beagle’s dinghies was stolen went drastically wrong.
		York Minster, Jemmy Button, and two others were taken to Britain to be educated as Christian gentlefolk.
		And then to be returned to their native lands on the next expedition — the one made famous by the presence on the boat of Charles Darwin.
	www.profilebooks.co.uk /title.php?titleissue_id=69 (222 words)

	News - Doncaster Today: News, Sport, Jobs, Property, Cars, Entertainments & More (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The calendar, entitled 'Rawcliffe Men In The Raw', culminates with a picture of all the participants having a drink in the Jemmy Hirst at the Rose and Crown while wearing nothing more than a Santa hat.
		Models and organisers are also uniting once again to officially launch the calendar at the Jemmy Hirst pub, on Riverside in Rawcliffe, on Saturday at 6pm.
		The calendar is on sale at: Rawcliffe Post Office; The Jemmy Hirst Pub; Sharp Hairdressing on Bridge Street in York; and Pets Pad in Rawcliffe.
	www.doncastertoday.co.uk /ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=766&ArticleID=1906652 (448 words)

	radio free narnia
		It was a ‘whole sheet’, with 12 cuts, roughly copied from the original Cruikshank illustrations, but in reverse and with a little verse underneath each.”
		Because these are (surely?) equally catastrophic for US (and Israeli) interests, Hirst offers them a bit too easily interchangeably, this worst-case or that worst-case, take yr pick, one or other slouching roughly towards the immediate horrible future.
		[But actually the deeper point Hirst is making is this: the form that Western political intervention took has placed a microphone against EVERY crackle in EVERY uneasily ambiguous neighbourhood, and linked this into a region-wide loudspeaker broadcast system...
	web.pitas.com /tashlan/13m6_5m6y3.html (1125 words)

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