Odd Bill for Repairs
One meets with curious things in the old church registers of England. The subjoined, in the Record Office of Winchester Cathedral, dated 1182, is certainly unique. It is a bill for work done:—
| s. | d. | |
| To soldering and repairing St. Joseph, | 0 | 8 |
| To cleaning and ornamenting the Holy Ghost, | 0 | 6 |
| To repairing the Virgin Mary and cleaning the child, | 4 | 8 |
| To screwing a nose on the Devil, and putting in the hair on his head, and placing a new joint in his tail, | 5 | 6 |