Tom Freckle, the smith's son, was the next victim to her rage. He was an ingenious workman, and made excellent pattens; nay, the very patten with which he was knocked down was his own workmanship.
Martha or Patty, says Gay, was the daughter of a Lincolnshire farmer, with whom the village blacksmith fell in love To save her from wet feet when she went to milk the cows, the village Mulciber invented a clog, mounted on iron, which he called patty, after his mistress This pretty fable is of no literary value, as the word is the French patin (a high-heeled shoe or skate), from the Greek patein (to walk) `The patten now supports each frugal dame, Which from the blue-eyed Patty takes its name Gay: Trivia, i
[ 'pa-t&n ] (noun.) 14th century. Middle English paten, patin, pateyn, from Middle French patin, from pate, patte (“paw, hoof”), from Latin patta, of imitative origin