Mary, you¹re right. The reddleman¹s real name was Diggory Venn in Hardy¹s book. Although raddled is accepted as well as reddled for the sheep dye. But reddled is not accepted for the other two definitions for humans. ------ Forwarded Message From: Mary Kay <[email protected]> Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2010 12:50:05 -0500 To: Kitty <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [IRL-KERRY] IRL-KERRY - "raddled" I always thought it was "reddled." I recall a character called "the Reddleman" in Thomas Hardy's novel, The Return of the Native. Mary Kay ------ End of Forwarded Message