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.
Ba
On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 12:51 PM, [1]richard.hea...@tiscali.co.uk
<[2]richard.hea...@tiscali.co.uk> wrote:
Speaking purely personally, and without further evidence at this
stage, the definition that most appeals to me is that relating to a
kirn-dolly the last corn to be cut wh
My search engine throws up 'how to make a corn dolly' and includes
the words 'cut' and 'dry'.
It might just be a simple as that!
http://everything2.com/title/corn+dolly
Stephen Douglass
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Hello,
Heslop’s “Northumberland Words” (1892 and 1893-4), a glossary of words
used in Northumberland and on Tyneside, has several references to the
word “dolly”. I give these below.
Claydolly – the woman worker in a brickfield, who carries the brick
from the moulder’s table to the open field w
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..
Juli
