Sorry, David, but that's an urban legend. It makes a good story but it isn't true. ;-)http://www.snopes.com/language/stories/brass.htm.
Avital ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Collyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <work email address> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2003 5:50 PM Subject: [lace-chat] Brass Monkeys > Dear Friends, > Just an interesting piece of trivia to add to your vast store of > knowledge....... > > > > > Believe it........ Or Not! > In the heyday of sailing ships, all war ships and many freighters carried > iron cannons. Those cannons fired round iron cannon balls. It was To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
