To Sarah and all, Noticed your expertise on British customs/phrases, so I had to venture in and ask if you would know what "Milton's Feast" is about. It is mentioned in an old letter of my gggrandfather's. He was born in Milton, Berkshire. Thanks, Evelyn On Fri, 31 May 2002 20:51:36 -0400 "Linda/Don" <donlinda@mybizz.net> writes: > RE:> "Lady Day" in England and the United Kingdom is March 25 > Sarah, > thank you for sharing your expertise on Brit customs/phrases-- > it makes this project of transcribing newsies even more special when > people > interact and help one another ! we can all learn so much from one > another, > : )Linda > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <Shewires@aol.com> > To: <NY-WESTERN-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, May 31, 2002 7:04 PM > Subject: [NY-WESTERN] Re: NY-WESTERN-D Digest V02 #124 > > > > In a message dated 5/31/2002 2:06:32 PM Central Daylight Time, > > NY-WESTERN-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > > > > > > > "How old are you?" the enumerator asked an Irish woman. > > > "Eighty-three years next Lady Day," was her reply. What did > she > mean? > > > Another person, on being asked if he was born in this country, > replied: > > > "No, I was born in Vermont." > > > > > > > "Lady Day" in England and the United Kingdom is March 25, nine > months > before > > Christmas, in some churches, the Feast of the Conception. It is > also the > > reason the calendar used to have 25 March as the first day of the > New > Year. > > > > (My hubby is a Brit, still on a green card after 26 years.) > > > > Sarah > > > > > > ==== NY-WESTERN Mailing List ==== > > Comprising the counties of Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, > Chemung, > Erie, Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Niagara, Ontario, Orleans, > Schuyler, > Steuben, Wayne, Wyoming, and Yates. > > > > ============================== > > 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 > > > > > > > ==== NY-OLD-NEWS Mailing List ==== > County and State Coordinators needed. For more information see: > http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com/volunteer.html > > ============================== > 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 > > ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/.