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Thread #107120 Message #2219379
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
19-Dec-07 - 09:33 PM
Thread Name: Wassail Song in Sharp 100 English Songs
Subject: RE: Wassail Song in Sharp 100 English Songs
Porrop is reminiscent of porret, an old ME word for a young leek or onion, or scallion, as posted by Nerd.
Porret is in the Oxford dictionary, with several variant spellings, but not porrop.