Just a guess with no confirmation. I would hazard a guess that the silo is now no longer on the to do list therefore 'put away'. To cease work at the end of a day would likely be termed something else if even mentioned unless terminated by a storm or rain. Still struggling with spoken hillbilly not much into NE English. LOL Ron Submarine Vet. On Mon, May 26, 2014 at 12:13 PM, Barbara Young wrote: > I am going over my grandmother's journals - again! They were building > an extension to the barn and putting a silo up. She noted that " Mr > MacDonald and Fred "put the silo away". She was a Plymouth area Yankee > from way back (1620) and often used terms that she learned as a child > (b 1875) > My question: Does anyone know if that referred to the day they > finished it or put it to bed for the day?:} > Thank you Barbara in MA ===== > If you would prefer digest mode to mail mode, drop a note to > [email protected] and ask for the digest... > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message