Is my face red! Audrey ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donald Tomkinson" <don.tomkinson@lineone.net> To: <OLD-ENGLISH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2004 4:32 PM Subject: Re: [OEL] pillow Boa_s / bers and whome made > In Cheshire - "I'm goin' wom." > > Don Tomkinson > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "norman.lee1" <norman.lee1@virgin.net> > To: <OLD-ENGLISH-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, June 21, 2004 5:59 PM > Subject: Re: [OEL] pillow Boa_s / bers and whome made > > > > These are pillow bears which can be spelled in so many different > ways in > > documents that I've no idea of the correct way of spelling it. Yes, > they are > > pillow cases, as you suspected. As for home being spelled as whome, > this is > > dialect and the h is generally silent, e.g. I'm going whome, > pronounced I'm > > going wome. I sorry that I can't quite remember which dialect it is > but I > > feel sure that someone will tell us. > > > > Audrey > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Chris Bartlett" <woodcom@ihug.co.nz> > > To: <OLD-ENGLISH-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Monday, June 21, 2004 11:30 AM > > Subject: [OEL] pillow Boa_s / bers and whome made > > > > > > > Hello all > > > > > > I can not find what the word following pillow is in the two > following > > > phrases. A capital B is used in the first word which looks like > "Boa_s" > > > and the second one seems to be "bers" Is this a cover or pillow > case? > > > > > > "lockerom apron one hat home made canvas apron one towell > > > one pillow and pillow Boa_s(or "e") and my olde bolster one payre > > > of bought cloth stockings two holidayes carcheifes & one > holidayes" > > > > > > > > > "Christyning sheete and two of my best pillow bers and two of my > > > best carchefes & two table napkins & one payre of canvas sheets > > > and one canvas towell and one smocke one lokerom apron and one" > > > > > > I am also curious as in all cases "home made" is spelt "whome > made" > > > Did home once have a silent "w" in front of it? > > > > > > regards > > > Chris Bartlett > > > > > > > > > ==== OLD-ENGLISH Mailing List ==== > > > OLD-ENGLISH Web Page > > > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~oel/ > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________ > > > > ==== OLD-ENGLISH Mailing List ==== > THREADED archives for OLD-ENGLISH: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=OLD-ENGLISH > >