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Thread #9556 Message #1070379
Posted By: Jim McLean
11-Dec-03 - 01:44 PM
Thread Name: The Four Marys - who were they really?
Subject: RE: The Four Mary's - who were they really?
Ewan, the Scottish word 'hamble' means 'title to or right of possession or belonging to the home' and is also the same as 'hamelt' so one can only guess that walter Scott might have been using the old word?? Jim