Hello List, I am still researching my ancestors from Gloucestershire and I came across the site about the Cotswold. My Gt. Grandmother came from Chedworth and I came across an article about the Mummers of Chedworth, whom I found out happened to be my Gt.Gt. Gt. Uncles. In the play they talk about ...all you young ladies with the "mully grubs". Can any body tell me what is mully grubs? Many thanks for all your good work. Valerie (Down under).

Hi Valerie: I wondered if "Mully ( Milky ?) Grubs " might refer to the cow pox which milk maids often contracted from the udders of cows they were milking, it was , I believe , that whilst the cow pox did not leave any scarring of the skin it was noticed that the maids never contracted small pox and did not have pck marked skin.It wa s this observation which lead to the intruduction of Small Pox vacinations which eradicated the virulent fom. Being of advanced years I have the vaccintion scar on my left upper arm. Regards Peter Webb -- Original Message ----- From: "Valerie Compton" <steval@infogen.net.nz> To: <ENG-GLOS-FOREST-DEAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 24, 2004 5:08 PM Subject: [FoD] English sayings? > Hello List, I am still researching my ancestors from Gloucestershire and I came across the site about the Cotswold. My Gt. Grandmother came from Chedworth and I came across an article about the Mummers of Chedworth, whom I found out happened to be my Gt.Gt. Gt. Uncles. In the play they talk about ...all you young ladies with the "mully grubs". Can any body tell me what is mully grubs? > Many thanks for all your good work. > Valerie (Down under). > > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >