subs. (provincial).—See quot.
1859. Notes and Queries, 2 S. viii., 239. There is yet another [Yorkshire marriage-custom], viz., the HEN-DRINKING. On the evening of the wedding day the young men of the village call upon the bridegroom for a hen—meaning money for refreshments … but should the hen be refused, the inmates may expect some ugly trick to the house ere the festivities terminate.
