Hautville Coit,

at Stanton Drew, in the manor of Keynsham. The tradition is that this coit was thrown there by the champion giant, Sir John Hautville, from Mary’s Knolle Hill, about a mile off, the place of his abode. The stone on the top of the hill, once thirty tonsʹ weight, is said to have been the clearing of the giant’s spade.

⁂ The same is said of the Gogʹmagog of Cambridge.

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

Hatef [the deadly]
Hattemists
Hatteraick (Dirk)
Hatto
Hatton
Hatton Garden (London)
Haul over the Coals
Haussmannization
Hautboy (pron. Ho-boy)
Haute Claire
Hautville Coit
Have a Care!
Have a Mind for it (To)
Have at You
Have it Out (To)
Havelok
Haver-Cakes
Haveril
Havering (Essex)
Haversack
Havock