Here's Rahere's name writ, and there's Rahere's red cockscomb mark drawn below for such as cannot read.
"Rewards and Fairies" by Rudyard Kipling
Getting tired, I took out my sketch-book and drew Lubuga, the pet, which amused the king immensely as he recognised her cockscomb.
"The Discovery of the Source of the Nile" by John Hanning Speke
His hair was cut short, with the exception of a ridge on the top which ran stem to stern, like a cockscomb.
"Great African Travellers" by W.H.G. Kingston
The border is composed of festoons decorated with cockscomb and sprays of flowers.
"Quilts" by Marie D. Webster
The cockscombs of young cockrels may be boiled tender, and then blanched, or a sweetbread will do as well.
"The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches," by Mary Eaton
On their heads, completely masking their hair, were cloth caps which bore ragged crests not unlike cockscombs.
"The People of the Crater" by Andrew North
All the tall red cockscombs stand before them on either side and bow; they are the chamberlains.
"Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales" by Hans Christian Andersen
Here's Rahere's name writ, and there's Rahere's red cockscomb sign drawn below for such as cannot read.
"Rewards and Fairies" by Rudyard Kipling
Cockscomb and peony fine, Lend me your lordliest reds!
"In My Nursery" by Laura E. Richards
There were also some very fine dwarf cockscombs growing in a pit.
"Journal of a Horticultural Tour through Germany, Belgium, and part of France, in the Autumn of 1835" by James Forbes
Both tribes are fond of the flower of the cockscomb for this purpose, and when that is not procurable, use the red cotton.
"The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India" by R. V. Russell
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