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Thread #8116 Message #1464132
Posted By: The Fooles Troupe
18-Apr-05 - 05:36 AM
Thread Name: Band o' Shearers - Shear what?
Subject: RE: Band O' Shearers - Shear what?
Corn is an old English word - even gunpowder was 'corned' - and 'corned beef' is called so because of the 'corns' of salt/saltpetre.