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“The instruments of the churl are evil, but the liberal deviseth liberal things, and by liberal things he shall stand,” Isa.— The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning
There is no mention of God_, except in idle swearing and cursing; whereas the poor and the sick_, who know nothing of ease, have God in their mouths and their hearts every minute But go ye also in the rear of her, and keep every body in his sleep and his rest, in prosperity and comfort, abundance and carelessness; and then you will see the poor honest man, as soon as he shall drink of the alluring cup of Ease, become a perverse, proud, untractable churl--the industrious labourer change into a careless, waggish rattler--and every other person become just what you would desire him.— The Sleeping Bard or, Visions of the World, Death, and Hell
On the morrow the lady discovers her paramour to be a churl, and he is led away to execution, but escapes by juggling himself into a meal-bag: the dust falls in the lady's eye It would doubtless require a skilled folk-lorist to supply full critical notes and parallels; but I subjoin such details as I have been able to collect In The Beggar Laddie (Child, No.— Ballads of Scottish Tradition and Romance Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Third Series
The Hawaiian sat down to meat before an open door; he ate his food in the sight of all men, and it was only one who dared being denounced as a churl who would fail to invite with word and gesture the passer-by to come in and share with him.— Unwritten Literature of Hawaii The Sacred Songs of the Hula
Caius knew that the farmer, Day by name, was a churl, and was said to keep his family on short rations of happiness.— The Mermaid A Love Tale
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