What does the expression “hair and hide” (horns and tallow) mean and Where does it originate?
The expression “hair and hide” means: The whole works; every part; the entirety. The first part, hair and hide, has long been used in the same sense. In fact, five hundred years ago, in the metrical Life of St. Cuthbert, we find: “pai were destroyed, bath hare and hyde.” The second part, horns and tallow, … Read more