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Thread #19214   Message #196670
Posted By: Scabby Douglas
17-Mar-00 - 05:41 AM
Thread Name: Help: What are the Buchan Humlies
Subject: RE: Help: What are the Buchan Humlies
OK was current long before Ford cars...

I read somewhere that there is a Native American word "Okeh" signifiying agreement... but I like Och Aye as a theory...

however I also read somewhere that "moccasin" derives from the the Gaelic "mo casan" ( apologise for the spelling) - "my feet".

Pick the bones out of that...

Jimmy Shand is the man.

Stevn C