Excuse my ignorance but what particular area would a 'Cowhead' originate from and what area a 'Pie Eater'? I lived at Tyldesley for about five years and never heard the terms. Margaret North. Preston, Lanc's. (Born at Swinton with Bedford, West Leigh, and Pennington ancestors.

Hi Margaret, Cowheads are from Westhoughton,Pie eaters from wigan.As you lived in Tyldesley for 5 years are you a naturalized Bongser ? Gram McGlynn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Margaret North" <north51@supanet.com> To: <ENG-LAN-LEIGH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 12:25 PM Subject: [(ENG-LEIGH)] Cowheads and Pie Eaters? > Excuse my ignorance but what particular area would a 'Cowhead' originate > from and what area a 'Pie Eater'? I lived at Tyldesley for about five years > and never heard the terms. > > Margaret North. > Preston, Lanc's. > (Born at Swinton with Bedford, West Leigh, and Pennington ancestors. > > > ==== ENG-LAN-LEIGH Mailing List ==== > Our list covers the following towns: Leigh (inc. Pennington, Westleigh & Bedford), Atherton, Tyldesley, Astley, Lowton, Golborne, Hindley, Abram, Howe Bridge, Culcheth and Glazebury. Make sure your family members join our list. This list is only as good as its members - please contribute regularly. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >