_Sacre Cheveux_ (Vol. iv., p. 208.).--This is a literal translation into
heraldic language of the name of the family which uses it for a motto:
_Halifax_ = _holy-hair_, from the Anglo Saxon _hali_, or _halig_, and
_fax_ or _feax_. Tradition connects the origin of the Yorkshire town of
that name with a head of singular length and beauty of hair, found at or
near the place where the Halifax gibbet used to stand.