-- [ From: John Getz * EMC.Ver #2.5.02 ] -- -------- REPLY, Original message follows -------- Date: Tuesday, 02-Sep-97 10:33 AM From: Bruce Ludwig \ Internet: (bludwig@ptialaska.net) To: marcia wilson \ Internet: (mwilson@injersey.com) To: Penna-Dutch \ Internet: (penna-dutch-l@rootsweb.com) Subject: Re: "Read up" the house Anybody else "lift the meat" for supper?? Bruce At 01:49 PM 9/2/97 -0400, marcia wilson wrote: >>Brent coy wrote: >>Besides learning how to do the "warsh", I was taught to "read up" the >>house. I always thought that this came from "ready", as in "getting the >>place ready for company". >> >i was told to "red" the table, meaning clear the table. do you suppose that >is PD? marcia > >marcia wilson >please check out my web page: >http://nj5.injersey.com/~mwilson/ > > > > -------- REPLY, End of original message -------- My grandfathers German housekeeper said: " "Quickly I must redd the table off; spritz the dishes, run the stairs up, get dressed to go the town down, look the windows in, cause they're running things off." How could I ever learn to never end a sentence with? John -- John L. Getz, M.D. 266 Egret Lane Vero Beach, FL 32963-2623 561-234-5364 Searching: GETZ, BARBEHENN, FAHS, HOFF, LANIUS, KNAUSS BORTNER, CORNMAN, BUSER, WALBORN, BATDORF, UPDEGRAFF, REISINGER, WENTZ, ILGENFRITZ, GROFF/GROVE STRAUSBAUGH, GANTZ, etc. 27,000 data base. http://www.nmt.net/gen/biographies/john_getz.html http://www.nmt.net/gen/pictures/JGetz/index.html http://www.nmt.net/gen/Ahnetafel/Getz-ahnetafel.html