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Mel
PostPosted: Sat Aug 09, 2008 6:53 am 
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I googled it. Many results suggest it is a Lancashire saying though I am not convinced as I have heard it in other regions. Some suggest it is a 'derogatory term for an Irish man and the soft refers to his head', so maybe it came into use when the Irish came to the UK in their massess?

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Soft can refer to someone who is not too bright - he is soft in the head. Mick could be Irish as postulated, or may just be a diminutive of Michael. How about Soft Mick being a dim but boastful person. For example, man number one says "I shot two rabbits the other night", Soft Mick (for that is the name he is commonly known by) replies "Two! I shot eight!"

I happen to know a version of a Soft Mick. :D

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I was only kidding, I have known soft Mick for years. :roll:

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Transwiki:Soft_Mick

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Its a bit late to reply to this, so you may have found her by now, but I have Rawsons in my family who were missing from the 1881 census. I eventually found them indexed as Dawson.
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Odd that they would round up a baby to age 5, but leave a 6 year-old as was. Maybe they meant to put 5 months?
I looked for Mary on 1841 but could only find one born 1837 - living in Colne. But she died before the next census. Oh I hate the 1841 census. What were they thinking of whenthey designed it. Not us obviously!

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