May 25, 2006, 4:02 p.m. (Message 45371)
I don't think that Google failed because there is apparently no such place. Aside from the fact that Google would almost assuredly bring it up if there were, my AA Road Atlas of Great Britain, which seems to have even the tiniest village of merely two houses, lists no such place, not by either of the two spellings of the dance (Mellenish/Mellinish). The only thing that I might logically conclude is that perhaps the braes of Mellenish are hillsides belonging to, on the property of, said plasterer. Perhaps someone else has a better thought or even definite information about this. ("Brae," sometimes merely a hill, is also often more specifically a coastal slope.) Robb Quint Thousand Oaks, CA, USA