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Thread #91222 Message #1734104
Posted By: GUEST,leeneia
06-May-06 - 12:57 PM
Thread Name: BS: Origins of the word 'spaw'
Subject: RE: BS: Origins of the word 'spaw'
It comes from the Christmas song:
"Up on the housetop, Reindeer spaw"
Spaw is a verb of Laplandish derivation, which describes the movement reindeer make when digging out moss from under snow.