E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Cotswold Barley.
You are as long a-coming as Cotswold barley. Cotswold, in Gleucestershire, is a very cold, bleak place on the wolds, exposed to the winds, and very backward in vegetation, but yet it yields a good late supply of barley.
