[Loch-Ruadh] Speaking Forsoothly - Daily Lesson 32
Pádraig Ruad Ó Maolagáin
padraig_ruad at irishbard.org
Mon Jan 29 09:17:46 PST 2007
Daily Lesson 32
Services and Occupations - 4
The Is
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Landlord The man who runs the tavern
Ostler The man who runs the inn (with rooms and stabling as well
as food and drink)
Fuller The "dry cleaners".
Acater The agent you hire to order and buy food or goods you do
not supply from your own estates.
Warrener The man who catches rabbits on your land. (Rabbits live in
warrens.)
Fowler The man who supplies game birds for your table
Cocker The man who handles the birds at cockfighting
Sawyer The man you contract with for sawn wooden planks (and so
on) for building
Turner The person the joiner buys lathe-turned items from, such
as table legs, finials, etc.
Shakespearian Word/Phrase of the Day:
Barm The froth or foam on ale or beer
Betake the barm and use it to leaven the bread.
Padraig
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Nunc est bibendum.
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