To hev it oot with any one inclined to step forward
The bull ring at Keswick,as well as at Carlisle, Penrith, Wigton, Kendal, and other places in the Lake countrywas frequently the means of starting a combat between some pugnaciously inclined Tom Crib, and any one who, through intimidation, could be drawn into a fight. "Shaking the bull ring" was tantamount to a challenge from some foolhardy individual, to "hev it oot" with any one inclined to step forward; and it rarely happened at "statute fairs" but that at least some two or three pugilistic encounters followed the "shaking."
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