Forgot the list - sorry mjcl <mjcl@btinternet.com> wrote:Date: Mon, 3 May 2004 18:54:49 +0100 (BST) From: mjcl Subject: Re: [OEL] Groaning Chair To: Martin ADAMS Martin, If I recall Goose Fair is a large fair held in Nottingham in early October and I am wondering if "Goose Month" is in fact October as well, just after Michaelmas. However, I am sure someone knowledgeable than me will give us the answer! Regards Martyn Martin ADAMS <martin@adams3606.fsnet.co.uk> wrote: 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" To: 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 > > ==== OLD-ENGLISH Mailing List ==== OLD-ENGLISH Web Page http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~oel/