--- In [email protected], stevephayw...@... wrote: > > I think you and David are right, though the order issued by the company, > reproduced in D&C's Nutbrook Canal book by Peter Stevenson, definitely > spells it 'cough.' > > The prohibition also covers 'stealing Pofts and Rails from the Fences' and > 'throwing Stones and other Rubbish in the Canal.' > > Nothing changes, eh? Well actually, yes they do. There were fines for > 'Perfons fifing with Nets... Who have no Right to do fo.' > > Steve > Sent using BlackBerry® from Orange > > -----Original Message----- > From: edi...@... > Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2009 13:08:20 > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [canals-list] Coughing > > stevephayw...@... 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 with a run-off paddle rather than a lock paddle. >
Hi! I'm slightly digressing here but the "Old Fashioned" text may make more sense with the following informaton::: The letter 'f' in olde english is actually the old way of writing the letter 's'. In Fishponds, Bristol, near the small Victoria Park (And Toilets) there is an old milestone. Bristol is spelt Briftol. In German f is represents a double s (ss) (I don't know if this makes sense to everybody but it may be an interesting point??? ~Allan~
