Bantam is also, a weight class in pugilistic conversations. Lee Cagle Okla City -- "Frances Davis" <we71357@bellsouth.net> wrote: Lee, banties were actually Bantam, a small type of chicken. Old folks just said "banties". Biddies were always baby chickens, meaning "small". Frances Davis ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lee Cagle" <caglel1@juno.com> To: <cagle@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2007 3:57 PM Subject: Re: [CAGLE] biddy > Little chickens were called banties, at full growth they weighed > about a pound on the foot, they would dress-out to about a half > pound. A lot of them had feathers on their feet. > Anything that was said to be "itty bitty" was a tad smaller than > small. > > > Lee Cagle > Okla City > > -- BGKBVK@aol.com wrote: > Here is the real meaning of Biddy. It is a very small bedchamber pot > antiques. We also called little chickens biddies. Ha Bettye > > > > ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the > all-new AOL at > http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CAGLE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > _____________________________________________________________ > Click to get kitchen cabinets at affordable prices. > http://3rdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2111/fc/Ioyw6iifhXmuRj70CtnRxdHjSQmrY4YBtL7EkWhc0uebKPN4MaXUpR/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CAGLE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CAGLE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _____________________________________________________________ Click to see our closeout specials on memory sticks, 100% compatible. http://3rdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2111/fc/Ioyw6iifZSTFIsWAqXdHmevDuKBAUBoXNZkDY5ADByU9mAnoH0ZnP8/