Good people I had as a medievalist to smile when Debbie referred to 'ancient' and 'cheesemaking' in the context of 1674! :) 1674..why that was practically last week. Cheesemaking predates recorded human history...now That's ancient! KBG ---------------------------------------- > From: DEBBIEKENNETT@aol.com > Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2009 07:21:51 -0500 > To: old-english-l@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [OEL] Unsolved - 1674 Inventory of Alice Cruse ofBrushford, Somerset - Pa... > > Thanks Audrey and Austin for your further comments. Alice's inventory does > include three beer barrels so it is possible that these vats and pails were > used for brewing. If the word is sybb not jybb then cheese-making is another > possibility. I hadn't realised that the art of cheesemaking was so ancient. > > Debbie > > > ==================================== > 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 _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live™: Keep your life in sync. http://windowslive.com/howitworks?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_t1_allup_howitworks_022009