Nov. 22, 1998, 10:02 p.m. (Message 14719)
> on 20 Nov 98, xxxxxxxxxx@xx.xxxxxxxxxx.xxx-xxxxxxxxx.xx wrote... > > From Norman Bett > > >> >I am surprised that no one has come up with info about the Bawbee. It is > >> simply the old Scots name for the halfpenny, 1/2d of course, not 1/2p ! > > > From Andrew Dewdney > >> > > Is that no a wee song? Sittin' on yer mither's knee, waiting for a > >wee bawbee, to buy some Coulter's Candy? Didn't think the word is 'waiting' should it not be 'greetin'' i.e. snivelling? Cheers, Ron :) < 0 Ron Mackey, 'O> Mottingham, /#\ London. UK. l> xxx.xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx