tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5684277511053973833.post5553046743784026602..comments2023-11-26T17:19:22.499+00:00Comments on RAMBLES FROM MY CHAIR: Taken down a pegScriptor Senexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17795521284516432520noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5684277511053973833.post-6685366546802750712010-01-24T11:32:45.791+00:002010-01-24T11:32:45.791+00:00Very interesting - thank you Mandgcolclough.Very interesting - thank you Mandgcolclough.Scriptor Senexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17795521284516432520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5684277511053973833.post-24281168561718281562010-01-24T05:24:51.661+00:002010-01-24T05:24:51.661+00:00Hi Scriptor - re 'taken down a peg'. This ...Hi Scriptor - re 'taken down a peg'. This appears also as 'take you down a buttonhole' or even a pin: see Lyly, 1589, Pappe with Hatchet for peg, and then in 1591 for 'hee hath taken his thoughts a hole lower' and Shakespeare in Love's Labour Lost for a button-hole. There are many more - it was a popular saying.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11088280880804830805noreply@blogger.com