Do not have access to a dictionary but to me the hod was a pouch that held cement for the brick layers. My Mom was in the architecture/constructon industry and they had lots of hod carriers on the NY skyscrapers on which she worked slainte sheila

Yes you are correct. It was an object to carry cement for the brick layers. It also was used to carry bricks. Sometimes it was a pouch and somtimes a flat surface on a stick (handle) depending what the need was. Yes my Dad was a journeyman mason contr. and my Grandfather was a hod carrier. They bothe worked on the Equitable in NYC. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Fitzsimmons" <rvf5@voyager.net> To: <IRISH-NEW-YORK-CITY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2002 10:32 PM Subject: Re: [IRISH-NYC] Re: OCCUPATIONS > Do not have access to a dictionary but to me the hod was a pouch that > held cement for the brick layers. My Mom was in the > architecture/constructon industry and they had lots of hod carriers on > the NY skyscrapers on which she worked > > slainte > sheila > > ______________________________