John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
10451 Appendix John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 10451 |
| AUTHOR: | Appendix |
| QUOTATION: | Paying through the nose. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Grimm says that Odin had a poll-tax which was called in Sweden a nose-tax; it was a penny per nose, or poll.—Deutsche Rechts Alterthümer. |