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| Author: | Mel [ Fri Aug 29, 2008 5:01 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Hoil |
Local dialect for 'hole' - a place of work. |
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| Author: | Gloria [ Fri Aug 29, 2008 5:23 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Hoil |
I thought it meant---put wood i'th oil---as in shut the door. |
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| Author: | Mel [ Fri Aug 29, 2008 5:28 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Hoil |
Taken from 'Walks in a Lancashire Township No.1 The villages of Briercliffe' by Roger Frost and Malcolm Higgin |
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| Author: | portia [ Fri Aug 29, 2008 5:36 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Hoil |
Also coil 'oil - literally the coal hole. The place where the coal was stored. |
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