Whence comes the phrase "neither hide nor hare," for one with absolutely nothing, including the proverbial pot for you-know-what... ----- Original Message ----- From: <PasaPeruva@aol.com> To: <AMXROADS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 11:20 PM Subject: [AMXROADS] Hide - a unit of measure? > That is correct. I was looking in the dictionery for correct spelling to a > word and I noticed this hide with three seperate bold face headings. I read > each and the last one just surprised me to pieces. It goes as follows: > > hide (with a small 3 above the e), n. old English measure of land, usually > 120 acres, concidered adequate for one free family and its dependents. [ME; > OE hid (e), > hig(i)d, f. hig(an) family, household + - id, suffix of apurtenance] > The American College Dictionary - page 570, column 1, bottom of page. > > Maybe you all already know this. I have not delt with early land records of > the colonies as yet. Then to maybe they did not describe the land in this > way manner. > I find so many learning things in my research that leads me to many things. > I do hope this info will help someone on the list. > Now if I see that in an old land record I will know what it means. I shall > keep a copy of this in my files as reference. > > Beej > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >
There's also "hide nor hair," having to do with missing, bald cows. Of course, it's entirely possible I just make this stuff up as I go along, because it's so much fun. Apologies to the list. ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Cookman" <psycheprod@worldnet.att.net> To: <AMXROADS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 11:18 PM Subject: Re: [AMXROADS] Hide - a unit of measure? > Whence comes the phrase "neither hide nor hare," for one with absolutely > nothing, including the proverbial pot for you-know-what... > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <PasaPeruva@aol.com> > To: <AMXROADS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 11:20 PM > Subject: [AMXROADS] Hide - a unit of measure? > > > > That is correct. I was looking in the dictionery for correct spelling to a > > word and I noticed this hide with three seperate bold face headings. I > read > > each and the last one just surprised me to pieces. It goes as follows: > > > > hide (with a small 3 above the e), n. old English measure of land, usually > > 120 acres, concidered adequate for one free family and its dependents. > [ME; > > OE hid (e), > > hig(i)d, f. hig(an) family, household + - id, suffix of apurtenance] > > The American College Dictionary - page 570, column 1, bottom of page. > > > > Maybe you all already know this. I have not delt with early land records > of > > the colonies as yet. Then to maybe they did not describe the land in this > > way manner. > > I find so many learning things in my research that leads me to many > things. > > I do hope this info will help someone on the list. > > Now if I see that in an old land record I will know what it means. I > shall > > keep a copy of this in my files as reference. > > > > Beej > > > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >