Friar Tuck had told me a lot about fastin, an I was keen to try it out on Horace. |
Juan has seen a ghostly figure walking and next morning he is told it must be the Black Friar who haunts the house. |
The Friar gives absolution for sins in exchange for money and flirts with the prettiest wives. |
If Robin Hood had tried pulling a bait and switch scam like that, I think Friar Tuck would have excommunicated him. |
However, the first written record appears in the Exchequer Rolls of 1494, noting that a certain Friar Cor was in possession of eight bolls of malt to produce aqua vitae. |
It used to hurt the Friar to hear some o the double-jointed swear words we used when excited. |