I think the "waking" may refer to waulking a process of thickening cloth by soaking it. (see http://www.dsl.ac.uk/dsl/index.html) It was done in a waulkmill and "milne" is another word for mill. Not so sure about the hose though. Usually refers to stockings! > Johne Smyth, James Hilhous and Rot Bountein being delate and > sumondit for > profaining the lords day by waking yr hose in the milne. Compeired > confessing to the charges the sabboth said bein passed And the > session > finding them sensible of yr sine did rebuke them only judicially And it is written in Scots a form of English and nothing to do with Gaelic which is a Celtic language. I love reading these minutes, Jim. Thanks so much! Kay

I think the only likely explanation is that they were thickening knitted stockings ...presumably this would make them more wind and water resistant and therefore warmer. The KS minutes do give us interesting glimpses into the day to day living of our ancestors Irene > > Johne Smyth, James Hilhous and Rot Bountein being delate and > > sumondit for > > profaining the lords day by waking yr hose in the milne. Compeired > > confessing to the charges the sabboth said bein passed And the > > session > > finding them sensible of yr sine did rebuke them only judicially > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AYRSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >