What is the origin of the name Barleycorn?
from Middle English barli-corn ‘barley barleycorn’. The word was used to denote both the plant and the grain. Compare Grandage.
College life : devoted to the interests of the College of Emporia - v. 20, no. 37 (June 11, 1908)
...impulses, inspiring more than Bold John Barleycorn" and their etliorts at Sll('.l'l times would often cause disturbance enough to attract... (Emporia, Lyon, Kansas, United States - 1908)
...impulses, inspiring more than Bold John Barleycorn" and their etliorts at Sll('.l'l times would often cause disturbance enough to attract... (Emporia, Lyon, Kansas, United States - 1908)
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What is the origin of the name Barleycorn?
from Middle English barli-corn ‘barley barleycorn’. The word was used to denote both the plant and the grain. Compare Grandage.