The word(s) is "half yoke" Karen. I don't know for certain but I believe it refers to the "yoking" or harnessing of horses for farm work. When the farm labourers got a break they would have taken some of the harness off the horses so that they would have been "half-yoked" to make them more comfortable. Hope that helps -- Mike Clouston KJEMEM@aol.com wrote: >While everyone's awake, > >This morning on Radio Orkney there was mention of a Westray word for a break >between lunch and tea. They called it a "Half ....." I couldn't quite catch >the next word. It sounded like something between "York" and "yolk"-- but it >was probably neither. Anyone know what it was? > >Karen > > >==== ORCADIA Mailing List ==== >To unsubscribe from the Orcadia mailing list, send an e-mail with the word >'unsubscribe' in the message body to orcadia-l-request@rootsweb.com > > > > >