Austin Thanks for the interest in this old inventory of mine. We did read the word before as jybbs. A gib is an iron hook or a pot clip. It could equally be an S at the beginning of the word, but sieve seems less likely as the kitchen equipment is dealt with in the earlier part of the inventory. The vat, tub and pails sound to me like the equipment used for the laundry. Would they have used a sieve for washing in the 1600s? Debbie Kennett

Hello Debbie A vat, tub and pail could also be used in brewing. Audrey ----- Original Message ----- From: <DEBBIEKENNETT@aol.com> To: <old-english@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 10:32 PM Subject: Re: [OEL] Unsolved - 1674 Inventory of Alice Cruse of Brushford,Somerset - P... > > Austin > > Thanks for the interest in this old inventory of mine. We did read the > word > before as jybbs. > > A gib is an iron hook or a pot clip. It could equally be an S at the > beginning of the word, but sieve seems less likely as the kitchen > equipment is dealt > with in the earlier part of the inventory. The vat, tub and pails sound to > me like the equipment used for the laundry. Would they have used a sieve > for > washing in the 1600s? > > Debbie Kennett > > > > ==================================== > WEB PAGE: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~oel/ > ARCHIVES: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=OLD-ENGLISH > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > OLD-ENGLISH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.0.233 / Virus Database: 270.10.17/1934 - Release Date: 02/04/09 08:24:00