The servants, going out one morning, found a man lying on the ground, a short way from the stable, with a number of bridles and other horse-trappings near him, and the dog holding him by the trousers.
"Stories of Animal Sagacity"
W.H.G. Kingston
He had them both by their bridles and dragged them skilfully to their feet and up the bank.
"The Shepherd of the North"
Richard Aumerle Maher
Crimthann, his father, said: "Connaught's royal power be thine; their silver and their gold, their horses with their bridles, and their noble women be at thy discretion, only leave me not!"
"The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries"
W. Y. Evans Wentz