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Thread #25910 Message #2697654
Posted By: Snuffy
11-Aug-09 - 08:57 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Rap Her to Bank (from The Watersons)
Subject: RE: Rap her to bank - The Watersons
"Toom" comes to us from the Viking invasions. Modern Danish, Norwegian & Swedish still have "tom" as their word for empty.