[email protected] wrote:
> What's a 'cough' at a lock? And what do you do when you 'run a cough?' Why
> would running coughs 'by evil difpofed Pefons' cause the officers of the
> erstwhile Nutbrook Canal to offer a £5 reward for information leading to
> their arrest in March 1797?
>
I'm guessing it's a 'clough' (pronounced to rhyme with 'cow', rather than as in
Brian or Wild Boar) which is a northern (inc the L&L) regional term for a
paddle. In which case 'running' one would presumably mean wasting water by
leaving one open.
However I understand that it was normal on many canals to leave the paddles up
when leaving a lock, so I'd be surprised if the company objected. Perhaps the
miscreant in question either (a) opened the paddles at both ends of a lock or
(b) opened a run-off paddle rather than a lock paddle.
Martin
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