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Rhyme about inns of court. True?
Saw this posted on rollonfriday, is it true:
Inner for the rich, middle for the poor, lincoln's for the scholar, gray's for the bore.
Thoughts please.
Inner for the rich, middle for the poor, lincoln's for the scholar, gray's for the bore.
Thoughts please.
Well, I like museums, literature, theatre and fishing. I guess the part about Gray's is true.
I would say they were all true of the first... I doubt there are many poor at any of them...
I've heard a slightly different version of the rhyme bandied about at my Inn:
Inner for the Rich, Middle for the Poor,
Lincolns for the Clever Man
Grays Inn for the Hoar.
I couldn't POSSIBLY comment as to the truth behind this ditty, but perhaps a couple of domus dinners might offer some insight!!
Inner for the Rich, Middle for the Poor,
Lincolns for the Clever Man
Grays Inn for the Hoar.
I couldn't POSSIBLY comment as to the truth behind this ditty, but perhaps a couple of domus dinners might offer some insight!!
Oh yes - every word is true. Obviously.
All of the foregoing is a politically correct adaptation of the original.
When my late wife was called to the Bar at Lincoln's Inn in the early 1970s, it was as follows:
"Inner's for rich, Middle's for poor, Lincoln's for black, and Grays's for whore".
As one of only two females called to the Bar at Lincolns that year,
she somewhat justifiably thought she had been a student at the wrong Inn; although she would confirm that Lincolns had a very large number of what would now politely be called Commonwealth students.
When my late wife was called to the Bar at Lincoln's Inn in the early 1970s, it was as follows:
"Inner's for rich, Middle's for poor, Lincoln's for black, and Grays's for whore".
As one of only two females called to the Bar at Lincolns that year,
she somewhat justifiably thought she had been a student at the wrong Inn; although she would confirm that Lincolns had a very large number of what would now politely be called Commonwealth students.
Original post by bgpfry
All of the foregoing is a politically correct adaptation of the original.
When my late wife was called to the Bar at Lincoln's Inn in the early 1970s, it was as follows:
"Inner's for rich, Middle's for poor, Lincoln's for black, and Grays's for whore".
As one of only two females called to the Bar at Lincolns that year,
she somewhat justifiably thought she had been a student at the wrong Inn; although she would confirm that Lincolns had a very large number of what would now politely be called Commonwealth students.
When my late wife was called to the Bar at Lincoln's Inn in the early 1970s, it was as follows:
"Inner's for rich, Middle's for poor, Lincoln's for black, and Grays's for whore".
As one of only two females called to the Bar at Lincolns that year,
she somewhat justifiably thought she had been a student at the wrong Inn; although she would confirm that Lincolns had a very large number of what would now politely be called Commonwealth students.
The rhyme dates back to at least the 18th century and while the Temples and Gray's Inn are constant, the description of Lincoln's Inn has changed. It has variously been "for gentlemen", "for no Latin" and "for law". I think "for law" dates from the 19th century when Chancery lawyers were seen as most learned. "For no Latin" must date from before the 1730s when Chancery documents were in English whilst the common law ones were in Latin.
Gray's Inn is for the whore because Gray's Inn Walks were a notorious haunt of rostitutes.
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