When I was a child my mother whose name was Eliza used to tease me with the rhyme: Elizabeth, Eliza, Betsy and Bess went down to the river to herry a nest The nest had four eggs they each took one How many eggs were left? She said their were three eggs left because it was the same girl using variations of her name Moira ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lynn Bell" <lynnbell@supanet.com> To: <MIDLOTHIAN@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, November 09, 2009 11:54 AM Subject: [MIDLOTHIAN] nicknames >I have been watching this post with interest for some time, my favourite >bugbear is Elisabeth. > E**** gets Ella, Eliza, Elspit, Elspeth, Elly, but fails to pick up Beth, > Betty, Bessy, Betsy, Biff, Lisa, Liza, Lis, Liz, Lissy, Lilabet or Lisbet. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MIDLOTHIAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >