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Strange terms from 1700s.....can anyone help me?
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Heather | Report | 13 Apr 2006 10:24 |
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Thats true Sylvia but again, how could he know the cows would be great with calf when he popped his clogs? |
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Roger in Sussex | Report | 13 Apr 2006 13:00 |
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No offence to anyone, please, but are these items in the will itself or an attached inventory made by the overseers of the will? If the latter, then the problem of the pregnant ewes is solved. Roger Whoops, for ewes read cows. |
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fraserbooks | Report | 13 Apr 2006 13:06 |
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I had a 17th century will with Pocks of bees. i found the OED on-line site and found flock was an old word for swarm. I do love these old terms. i found noisette in a dictionary of difficult words as a boneless joint of meat. |
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Heather | Report | 13 Apr 2006 13:07 |
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Oh Roger, yes that would explain it - so it would actually be after the event, not before!! And that would explain Annies definition - they could have been dolling out the larder even! Brilliant, thanks everyone. |
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