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Cut off your nose to spite your face

Posted by ESC on January 18, 2009 at 16:56

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: www.phrases.org.uk bulletin_board 43 messages 689.html Didn't see anything about a priory.

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