born in a mill

Etymology
The loud machinery in a mill may necessitate raising one's voice to be heard.

Phrase

 * 1) * 1578, George Whetstone, Promos and Cassandra, quoted in 1965, Burton Egbert Stevenson, The Macmillan Book of Proverbs, Maxims, and Famous Phrases (page 497)
 * Were you born in a mill, curtole? you prate so hye.
 * Were you born in a mill, curtole? you prate so hye.