In Reply to: Cut off your nose to spite your face posted by Masked Avenger on January 18, 2009 at 09:28:
: Has anyone heard of a reference to the Scottish priory at Coldingham, in reference to the origin of "cut off your nose to spite your face"?
All I know is here: http://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/43/messages/689.html Didn't see anything about a priory.