> >. As for being served I'd say a steaming >BOWL of pottage would be a welcome dish, especially in inclement weather. >Lotte >p.s. still from the Oxford 'The meat and pottage is put al in one dish; >out of which every one taketh with his greasie fist what he thinkes good' >====================================================== Not a BOWL, surely ? Somebody in the Old Testament sold his birthright for a MESS of Pottage. Who he ? In current English English it is commonly known as 'Lobscouse' or 'Scouse' from the Liverpool dialect. ( A 'scouser' is a Liverpudlian !). > ================================== Adrian Cope. "Aequo Adeste Animo" <elders@rmplc.co.uk> (Leamington Elders Line) WARWICK England Tel: (0) (44) 1926 401 720 ==================================
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