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Mess John is the old epithet in Scottish ballad poetry for a priest, derived from the celebration of the mass, so that "Mess John" signified in irreverent phrase, John who celebrated the mass. The English have a kindred phrase, "Jack Priest". :"The auld folk soon gied their consent, ::Syne for Mess John they quickly sent, :Wha ty'd them to their heart's content, :And now she's Lady Gowrie" : (''The Lass o' Gowrie'') ==References== * MacKay, Charles – ''A Dictionary of Lowland Scotch'' (1888) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mess John」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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