Thanks Linda, Seems to have been a quart. Now, that's a glass of ale! :) Jim Bundy -------------------------------------------------- From: "Linda Nordby" <searchinguk@shaw.ca> Sent: Sunday, May 09, 2010 3:04 PM To: "'Jim Bundy'" <jbundy48@verizon.net>; "'Rootsweb Ayrshire'" <ayrshire@rootsweb.com> Subject: RE: [AYR] Kilmarnock Kirk Session Minutes, note 71 > Hi Jim and Listers, > Re: confessing > that she did drink some chappnes of eale > > I believe it to be a measure of ale. > > This was found through an on line book on line with a search for weight, > measure chappin > > http://books.google.ca/books?id=aKIKAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA162&lpg=PA162&dq=weight+me > asure+chappin > > Cheers > Linda Nordby > > > > Hi Listers, > Well, this guys writing style was quite good, and he used lots of ink, but > he wrote so tiny that I broke down today and bought a magnifier with wire > stand to get a size I could really see. It did help, although there's > still > a few words I had to take a chance with. BTW, what is a "chappnes of > eale(ale?)"? > > > > >