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
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/ > >
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/ > > > > > > ______________________________
Chris, pillowbeere (or any related spelling) = pillowcase. I have occasionally seen an individual spelling words which start with h with a wh, I guess it's an oddity of the individual's spelling rather than anything else but I may well be wrong! Lyn B
In message <CLEOIFGLEIJMHKEDEPDJIEJJDKAA.woodcom@ihug.co.nz>, Chris Bartlett <woodcom@ihug.co.nz> writes >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? Yes, pillow bere, the washable linen or cotton case in which the feather pillow was 'borne' -- Eve McLaughlin Author of the McLaughlin Guides for family historians Secretary Bucks Genealogical Society