The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #978 Message #2580052
Posted By: MartinRyan
03-Mar-09 - 03:55 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: The Cow that Ate the Piper
Subject: RE: Origins:Cow Ate the Piper -That carnivorous bovine
cant , (as mentioned earlier in the thread) meaning auction also derives from an Irish word ceannt. Must say I'd never come across this one in either language.
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