On Mon, 3 May 2004 19:18, mjcl wrote: > The following is an extract from a Probate Inventory of a resident of the > parish of Rustington, Sussex, dated 1670 - > > "Item three Chests A groaning Chare & chushen 00 : 13 : 00" > > Any ideas on what a groaning chair was? Chair When members of the House of Commons and other debaters call out "Chair," they mean that the chairman is not properly supported, and his words not obeyed as they ought to be. Another form of the same expression is, "Pray support the chair." Groaning chair. The chair in which a woman is confined or sits afterwards to receive congratulations. Similarly "groaning cake" and "groaning cheese" are the cake and cheese which used to be provided in "Goose month." "For a nurse, the child to dandle, Sugar, soap, spiced pots, and candle A groaning chair, and eke a cradle" Poor Robin's Almanack, 1676. http://www.bootlegbooks.com/Reference/PhraseAndFable/data/233.html Regards Trevor Rhodes =========================================== Powered by Linux - Mandrake 9.2 Registered Linux user # 290542 at http://counter.li.org Registered Machine #'s 186951 = Mandrake Club Silver Member Source : my 100 % Microsoft-free personal computer. gpg --recv-keys --keyserver hkp://pgp.mit.edu 94C29CF3 =========================================== 19:33:29 up 3 days, 3:24, 1 user, load average: 2.30, 2.14, 2.10 -- Never mud wrestle with a pig.. you get dirty and the pig enjoys it! Never try to teach a pig to dance. You waste your time and annoy the pig. Theoretically pigs can fly if propelled with enough force.
I think I followed that but "Goose Month" escapes me I'm afraid. Could you or someone explain please. (I am sure I should know this !) Regards Martin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Trevor Rhodes" <trevor@annforbes.org> To: <OLD-ENGLISH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 03, 2004 3:12 PM Subject: [OEL] Groaning Chair > On Mon, 3 May 2004 19:18, mjcl wrote: > > The following is an extract from a Probate Inventory of a resident of the > > parish of Rustington, Sussex, dated 1670 - > > > > "Item three Chests A groaning Chare & chushen 00 : 13 : 00" > > > > Any ideas on what a groaning chair was? > > Chair When members of the House of Commons and other debaters call out > "Chair," they mean that the chairman is not properly supported, and his words > not obeyed as they ought to be. Another form of the same expression is, "Pray > support the chair." > > Groaning chair. The chair in which a woman is confined or sits afterwards to > receive congratulations. Similarly "groaning cake" and "groaning cheese" are > the cake and cheese which used to be provided in "Goose month." > > "For a nurse, the child to dandle, > Sugar, soap, spiced pots, and candle > A groaning chair, and eke a cradle" > Poor Robin's Almanack, 1676. > > http://www.bootlegbooks.com/Reference/PhraseAndFable/data/233.html > > Regards > Trevor Rhodes > =========================================== > Powered by Linux - Mandrake 9.2 > Registered Linux user # 290542 at http://counter.li.org > Registered Machine #'s 186951 = Mandrake Club Silver Member > Source : my 100 % Microsoft-free personal computer. > gpg --recv-keys --keyserver hkp://pgp.mit.edu 94C29CF3 > =========================================== > 19:33:29 up 3 days, 3:24, 1 user, load average: 2.30, 2.14, 2.10 > -- > Never mud wrestle with a pig.. you get dirty and the pig enjoys it! > Never try to teach a pig to dance. You waste your time and annoy the pig. > Theoretically pigs can fly if propelled with enough force. > > > ==== OLD-ENGLISH Mailing List ==== > SEARCHABLE archives for OLD-ENGLISH: > http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=OLD-ENGLISH > >