On 16 Sep 2009, Dally, John wrote:
Dolly: an old fashioned oil-lamp, a cruisie
The Concise Scots Dictionary, Aberdeen U. Press, 1985
Another alternative, then - an empty oil lamp (dry) with a well
trimmed wick (cut)
H'm - that still sounds as if it might be a euphemism to me..
Julia
In my blissful ignorance, I had always assumed that a cut and dry dolly was
the last sheaf from the field (mind you, I used to make corn dollies so may
have just latched onto that, of course).
I'm quite surprised that it wasn't that simple.
Amazing that the source has been long forgotten now.
Snap!
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From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of
Ian Lawther
Sent: 16 September 2009 17:14
To: Richard Leach
Cc: Dartmouth
Subject: [NSP] Re: Cut and Dry Dolly
Pure speculation but is there a chance that cut and dry herbs were
On 16 Sep 2009 at 15:11, gibbonssoi...@aol.com wrote:
But no light on what the title meant - until someone turns up some song
lyrics, we are probably left with guesswork as the best way of working
out that one.
Lyrics to a different tune:
Fresh Aw cum frrae Sandgate Street
For some reason, lost in the labyrinths of time, I believed the cut and dry
dolly to be a small peat stack, ready to be taken from the moor for burning.
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From: Richard Leach r...@richux.plus.com
To: Dartmouth nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu
Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2009
On 16 Sep 2009 at 15:11, gibbonssoi...@aol.com wrote:
But no light on what the title meant - until someone turns up some song
lyrics, we are probably left with guesswork as the best way of working
out that one.
Lyrics to a different tune:
Fresh Aw cum frrae Sandgate Street
On 16 Sep 2009 at 15:11, gibbonssoi...@aol.com wrote:
But no light on what the title meant - until someone turns up some song
lyrics, we are probably left with guesswork as the best way of working
out that one.
Lyrics to a different tune:
Fresh Aw cum frrae Sandgate Street
Can anyone with access to an OED or a Northumbrian dialect dictionary
check this possible meaning of 'dolly' = peat-stack? It would be
plausible enough if 'dolly' used to hold this meaning. Though is 'a
small peat stack, ready to be taken from the moor for burning' a likely
topic
On 16 Sep 2009, gibbonssoi...@aol.com wrote:
is 'a small peat stack, ready to be taken from the moor for
burning' a likely topic for a popular song?
It's possibly a likely title for a tune frequently played by someone
not noted for the honesty of his waysdry peat would be a
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gibbonssoi...@aol.com
Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2009 2:50 PM
To: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu
Subject: [NSP] Re: Cut and Dry Dolly
Can anyone with access to an OED or a Northumbrian dialect dictionary
check this possible meaning of 'dolly
A couple of other meanings in [1]http://www.dsl.ac.uk/
but none that seem to fit the Cut and Dry context convincingly.
John
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References
1. http://www.dsl.ac.uk/
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