[Loch-Ruadh] Speaking Forsoothly - Daily Lesson 27

[j_greywolf at earthlink.net]

         if it is not too inconvient    what   would be the now day
conversion of the money      i do not  posess the ability at this point to
do this     wolfie 
   note wolvies use a diffrent    unit of measure        (bones / game  in
our section  /castles  in the area   etc.)
Lord j_greywolf at earthlink.net
to the kingdom and ,
the one from who all blessings flow


> [Original Message]
> From: Pádraig Ruad Ó Maolagáin <padraig_ruad at irishbard.org>
> To: <loch-ruadh at ansteorra.org>
> Date: 1/10/2007 12:16:13 PM
> Subject: [Loch-Ruadh] Speaking Forsoothly - Daily Lesson 27
>
> Daily Lesson 27
>
> Money – 2
>
> The Coins
>
> *Sovereign:  a gold coin worth 1 pound (think of it as 20 shillings).
> There is no coin called the "pound" until after 1583, although that is the
> basic monetary unit.
>  *Angel:  a more common gold coins than the sovereign, the angel is worth
> 10 shillings (1/2 pound).   Not usually used in speaking of a number of
> coins; you would never say you owed somebody 6 angels, but you might give
> your servant an angel to spend at faire. To coerce someone, you might
> suggest that the sweet voice of an angel would convince him.
> *Crown:  the most common large coin, worth 5 shillings, and could be
> either gold or silver.  (The crown is roughly equal to a Venetian ducat, a
> Flemish gelder, or a French êcu, which is sometimes referred to as a
> "French crown").
> *Half-a-crown:  a gold or silver coin equal to 2 shillings 6 pence ("2 and
> 6").
> *Shilling:  a silver coin worth 12 pence. (Remember, 20 shillings make a
> pound).  Sometimes called a "bob".
> *Sixpence:  a silver coin worth six pence.  Pronounced as one word:
> “SIX-pens” (soft s-sound, not a z-sound)
> *Groat:  a silver coin worth 4 pence.
> *Thruppence:  a silver coin worth 3 pence.  Pronounced "THRUP-pens"
> *Tuppence:  a silver coin worth 2 pence.  Pronounced "TUP-pens"
> *Penny:  a silver coin worth a penny (one penny is never called a pence).
> *Ha’penny:  a half-penny (not a ha'pence).  Pronounced “HAY-peh-nee”
> *Farthing:  a 1/4-penny.
>
> You may know the old Christmas Carol, "Christmas is Coming":
> 	Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat
> 	Please to put a penny in the old man’s hat
> 	If you have no penny, a ha’penny will do
> 	If you have no ha’penny, a farthing will do
> 	If you have no farthing, then God bless you
>
> Shakespearian Word/Phrase of the Day:
> 	Fell – galled, angry, melancholy
> 	“’Ware the Duke this day; he lost at dice last e’en, and is in a fell
mood.”
>
> Padraig
> -- 
> Nunc est bibendum.
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