The pronounciation came from an old dictionary published in 1929 Jon. And like you we wondered about the wine and other drinks, probably never had beer and spirits when it was first started!! Chris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jon Baker" <jon@vectis10w.freeserve.co.uk> To: "Chris & Caroline" <chris@chayles.freeserve.co.uk>; <HAMPSHIRE-LIFE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 6:31 PM Subject: Re: [HantsLife] Rechabites or Reckabites --- Insurance ..definetly not!! Chris Never heard it pronounced Reck-a-bites, it was always Rack-a-bites. What intrigues me now reading some of the history was why the Society insisted on complete temperance, when Rechab actually only told them to abstain from wine ;-) Jon Baker Calne, Wiltshire, UK ----- Original Message ----- From: Chris & Caroline <chris@chayles.freeserve.co.uk> To: <HAMPSHIRE-LIFE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: 10 June 2003 22:43 Subject: [HantsLife] Rechabites or Reckabites --- Insurance ..definetly not!! > RECHABITES_pronounced Reck-a-bites, among the Jews, the descendants of > Janadab,the son of Rechab, who bound themselves, among other things, to > abstain from wine; a society of abstainers. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <Pmc248@cs.com> > To: <HAMPSHIRE-LIFE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 8:41 AM > Subject: [HantsLife] Rechabites or Reckabites --- Insurance ??? > > > > When I was a small child at Aldershot, Hants. in the 1930s and 1940s, my > Mother would send me weekly ? to pay the Rechabites, have no idea what that > was. > That could be an incorrect spelling, was it some type of insurance, if > not > does anyone know what it was ? > It seems to me that about the mid- 1940s I didn't have to go pay it > anymore. > > Regards, Pam [ RENNEY ] McKinley, now in Arizona. > My names :- ROGERS - REEVES - MALT - CROOK - Hampshire. > RENNEY - County Durham and anywhere. > > > > ==== HAMPSHIRE-LIFE Mailing List ==== > Visit Where your ancestors lived..... > SOUTHERN LIFE(UK) > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~villages > AND VI > > ============================== > 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 > > > > > --- > All of our Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > And attachments are also scanned before being added. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.486 / Virus Database: 284 - Release Date: 29/05/2003 > > ______________________________ --- All of our Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. And attachments are also scanned before being added. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.486 / Virus Database: 284 - Release Date: 29/05/2003