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Thread #25936 Message #308516
Posted By: Sorcha
29-Sep-00 - 06:41 PM
Thread Name: Help: 'Sheiling' or 'sheeling' or 'sheilin'
Subject: RE: Help: 'Sheiling' or 'sheeling' or 'sheilin'

Could this be where the word "shire" as in county came from? I have seen "sheiling" used in the sense of a group of cottages.....in novels, of course. And from "shire" comes "sherriff"...........