Virginia More specifically (in the UK anyway) someone who carried the hod of bricks up to where the bricklayer was working. Heavy work, says he who tried to carry a hod once and just about collapsed as he climbed up the ladder!! Terry > -----Original Message----- > From: Virginia ONeil [mailto:vmonrn@alltel.net] > Sent: 02 September 2002 15:05 > To: IRISH-NEW-YORK-CITY-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [IRISH-NYC] Re: OCCUPATIONS > > > My Grandfather was a hod carrier. It took me a while to figure > that one out. > Today is is called a construction laborer. Virginia > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <IRISH-NEW-YORK-CITY-D-request@rootsweb.com> > To: <IRISH-NEW-YORK-CITY-D@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, September 02, 2002 1:00 AM > Subject: IRISH-NEW-YORK-CITY-D Digest V02 #261 > > > > > ==== IRISH-NEW-YORK-CITY Mailing List ==== > List Administrators: > Tracy Cassidy GaelEire@aol.com > Jim McCarthy SPAGHETTICOWBOY@cs.com > > ============================== > 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 > >