And just to complicate things, here in France a week is a semaine or huit jours (8 days) a fortnight is un quinzaine (15 days) they count both the first and last day of the week. I have not yet worked out how you say what the British call 8 days! And a little bonus - a semainier is a tall narrow chest with seven drawers so you can have enough clothing for the week. (introduced during the reign of Louis XV - 1710-1774) It can also be called a lingerie chest and I thought that clothes were seldom washed at that time - I wonder if the increase of cotton into Europe had something to do with it?!) Semainier can also mean a week's work/earnings/duty/supply etc. Jean > From: mho89685@bigpond.net.au > To: bristol_and_somerset@rootsweb.com > Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2011 11:23:21 +1100 > Subject: Re: [B&S] Abbreviation s'ennight > > Sennight - seven nights - one week, just as fortnight is fourteen nights. > Used in Pride & Prejudice. (our cousins over the Atlantic have no idea of > either term) > malcolm > Wagga Wagga > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jenny Davis" <jenny.davis@zen.co.uk> > To: <bristol_and_somerset@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2011 4:48 AM > Subject: [B&S] Abbreviation s'ennight > > > > Dear list, > > > > Browsing some inquest reports > > > > here: http://www.paulhyb.homecall.co.uk/inquests/Inquests1825-30.pdf > > > > I've seen several mentions of "s'ennight". For example, on P.51: > > > > "02 Jan 1828: Inquests by Mr.Caines > > At the Lamb Inn near Ilminster, on Samuel Hake, age 77. Deceased had been, > > for five weeks, on a visit to his daughter, at Langport, and on *Sunday > > s'ennight* was returning home to Combe St Nicholas accompanied by his > > son-in-law Wm Berry, with whom he lived. A horse was lent him, on which he > > rode as far as he chose, but had sent it back, and was walking on the > > turnpike road, near the mile-stone at Broadway Hill, when he exclaimed, "I > > cannot walk! I shall fall down!" when he dropped and instantly expired. > > Verdict - Died by the visitation of God" > > > > In this instance, would *Sunday s'ennight* mean "a week ago last Sunday"? > > > > If so, I believe that calculates Samuel's date of death as Sunday 23 Dec > > 1827 which is consistent with his burial date of 28 Dec 1827. > > > > How sad: old man going home for Christmas didn't make it!! > > > > Thanks, in advance, > > Jenny > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > BRISTOL_AND_SOMERSET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > > > ======= > > Email scanned by PC Tools - No viruses or spyware found. > > (Email Guard: 7.0.0.21, Virus/Spyware Database: 6.16850) > > http://www.pctools.com/ > > ======= > > > > > > ======= > Email scanned by PC Tools - No viruses or spyware found. > (Email Guard: 7.0.0.21, Virus/Spyware Database: 6.16850) > http://www.pctools.com/ > ======= > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BRISTOL_AND_SOMERSET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message