Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—M

Mosse

Napping, as Mosse took his mare. Wilbraham says Mosse took his mare napping, because he could not catch her when a wake.

“Till day come, catch him as Mosse his grey mare, napping.” —Christmas Prince.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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